Krickenbeck classification
Krickenbeck classification
A modification of the Peña classification of anorectal malformations (ARMs) based on a workshop held in Krickenbeck in 2005, which divides ARMs according to the type of the fistula and includes rare variants.Krickenbeck classification
Major clinical groups
• Perineal (cutaneous) fistula.
• Rectourethral fistula:
– Prostatic;
– Bulbar.
• Rectovesical fistula.
• Vestibular fistula.
• Cloaca.
• ARMs with no fistula.
• Anal stenosis.
Rare/regional variants
• Pouch colon atresia/stenosis.
• Rectal atresia/stenosis.
• Rectovaginal fistula.
• H-type fistula.
• Others.