[The triad syndrome]

Abstract

The triad syndrome includes manifestations from urologic pathology to orthopedics, passing through the gastrointestinal to the respiratory pathology. Treatment of these syndromes calls for an intensive management, carried out by a multidisciplinarian pediatric team, to whom the surgical technique is as important as the genetic counseling; this is the only way to offer these children, who have been precociously damaged, a happy infancy. On the other hand, it is the purpose of this work to make an early discovery of congenital malformations, detecting their minimal expressions, which is the only manner to reach an early diagnosis so as to indicate an adequate therapy at the opportune moment. All this added to the fact that in 1973-1975 we gathered a few cases of triple syndrome, plus our limited bibliography (Rahman) resulted in the necessity to bring up-to-date the topic. At present, 5 years later, the satisfactory course in these patients has allowed us to indicate guidelines in the diagnosis and treatment.