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American College of Surgeons Honors W. Hardy Hendren, M.D., as Icon in Surgery
In October 2016, The American College of Surgeons (ACS) honored the life and accomplishments of W. Hardy Hendren, M.D., as one of its Icons in Surgery during the ACS Clinical Congress 2016, held in Washington, DC.
A video to commemorate the honor was developed by the ACS Committee on Video-Based Education and was presented at Clinical Congress. The video is also available below.
For more information on other Icons in Surgery, visit the American College of Surgeons website.
Female Patient, Age 3 Months, with Unusual Cloaca after Prior Right Transverse Colostomy (Hendren Patient Case)
- Female patient, age 3 mo, with unusual cloaca
- She had a prior right transverse colostomy
4-Month-Old Female Patient With Complex Cloaca and Prior Colostomy
- 4-month-old girl referred in 1990 with a complex cloaca and prior colostomy at birth.
2-Year-Old Female Patient with Total Urinary Incontinence and Loop Colostomy (Hendren Patient Case)
- 2-year-old girl seen in 1979 with total urinary incontinence and a loop colostomy performed at birth in South America
18-Month-Old Female Patient with Unusual Cloaca (Hendren Patient Case)
- 18-month-old female patient with unusual cloaca
- Colostomy for imperforate anus and thoracotomy for esophageal atresia at birth
6½-Year-Old Female Patient Referred for Extensive Secondary Surgery of Her Cloacal Malformation (Hendren Patient Case)
- 6½-year-old female patient was referred in 1976 for extensive secondary surgery of her cloacal malformation
- Thirteen prior operations included:
- Colostomy at birth
- Bilateral loop ureterostomies
- Attempted vaginal pullthrough
- Opening of the urogenital sinus
- Suprapubic cystostomy
- Closure of the bladder neck
2-Year-Old Female Patient with Unusual Variant of Cloacal Anatomy (Hendren Patient Case)
- 2-year-old female patient with unusual variant of cloacal anatomy
- Required only marsupialization of UG Sinus and relocation of the anus and rectum
3-Year-Old Female Patient with Total Urinary Incontinence and Unusual Cloacal Variant (Hendren Patient Case)
- 3-year-old female patient referred for total urinary incontinence in March 1980, with an unusual cloacal variant
- At birth, exploration showed a short colon attached to the dome of a small bladder by its cecum with two appendices, the usual situation in cloacal exstrophy
- That was divided and exteriorized
- An ileostomy was also performed