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I have one child with exstrophy. What is the chance of our having another?

April 26, 2017chance child exstrophy

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I have one child with exstrophy. What is the chance of our having another?

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Once you have a child with exstrophy, the chance of having another drops from 1/40,000 to 1/250 or so. But you must first have a proband (the child with the actual birth defect) before the risk goes up. This statistic is from Campbell’s Urology (2008).