PSYCHOSOCIAL AND PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE WITHIN THE EXSTROPHY-EPISPADIAS COMPLEX

Abstract

Despite a high degree of social integration and adult adaptation, children and adolescents with EEC suffer from psychosocial and psychosexual dysfunction requiring special questionnaires for adequate assessment. Anxiety about genital appearance and sexual activity is a common phenomenon among adolescents with EEC, even when they present with nearly "normal" genitalia and participate with satisfaction in sexual activity. Further studies are needed to understand the exstrophy problem and supply all patients with EEC with the individual care they need.