urethral valve

urethral valve

n.
Any of various folds in the mucous membrane of the urethra.
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Surgery was done in the newborn period for 20 babies: surgery for duodenal atresia 4 cases, VP shunting 2 cases, CDH Correction 2 cases, cleft lip repair 5 cases, cleft palate repair 2 cases, surgery for posterior urethral valve 3 cases, surgery for ileal atresia 1 case.
Cross-sectional study of need of targeted USG and its benefits in decreasing foetal and maternal morbidity and mortality by obstetric decision making in a low resource setting
P Arul Kumaran, aged 11, suffered from posterior urethral valve, while nine-year-old Mithun was diagnosed with congenitally mal developed kidneys and high blood pressure.
College student drives car into well, drowns
In the present study, the long term follow up in patients of posterior urethral valve coming to the department with special reference to urodynamic studies to evaluate the outcome of treatment was evaluated.
Follow up in posterior urethral valve after primary valve fulguration or diversion with fulguration with special references to urodynamic studies
1) We feel this may be analogous to the clinical deterioration seen in posterior urethral valve patients who acquire increased post-void residuals before developing elevated bladder pressures, hydronephrosis, and renal failure with the "valve bladder syndrome.
Benefits of mesenchymal stem cells after partial bladder outlet obstruction
This anomaly may be accompanied by various pathological conditions including hypospadias epispadias anterior urethral valve lacuna manga prostatic urethral polyps megalo-urethra syringocele (dilated Cowper gland) and congenital urethral fistula.
Urethral duplication: a rare cause of recurrent urinary infection
Key words: Prenatal hydronephrosis pelviureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction vesicoureteric Reflux posterior urethral valve renography.
Etiology and Postnatal Management of Prenatal Hydronephrosis: A Study of Two Teaching Hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Of the 10 fetuses with follow-up data, the option of termination was offered in 6 cases of anhydramnios, including 3 cases with signs of infravesical obstruction (a possible posterior urethral valve (PUV) and poor prognostic factors and 3 cases with unilateral hydronephrosis and increased echogenicity in the contralateral kidney.
Fetal urinoma and prenatal hydronephrosis: how is renal function affected?: fetal urinom ve prenatal hidronefroz: renal fonksiyonlar nas il etkileniyor?
Posterior urethral valve (45%) and nephrolithiasis (35%) were commonest causes.
OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY: CAUSES AND OUTCOME IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
When the group with increased bladder wall thickness an unstable detrusor contractions on urodynamic examination was evaluated according to causes, an anatomical cause was found in five patients including posterior urethral valve or anterior urethral stricture.
A comparison of urodynamic studies in children with lower urinary system dysfunction
Andrea was 15 weeks pregnant when Ben was diagnosed with posterior urethral valve, or PUV, which affects about one in 8,000 people.
SAVED BY MUM; Andrea donates kidney to give five-year-old boy Ben the chance to live
Posterior urethral valve (PUV) (see Figure 5) is a lower urinary tract obstruction resulting from an obstructing membrane within the lumen of the posterior (prostatic) urethra.
Obstructive uropathy: considerations for the nephrology nurse
The present prospective study of posterior urethral valve in children has been carried out in the Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal, Manipur.
Posterior urethral valves- our experience

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