urethral valve

Any of various folds in the mucous membrane of the urethra.

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Congenital diverticula may develop due to an anterior urethral valve or urethral duplication and can cause serious problems in the upper urinary tract starting from the intrauterine period similar to the posterior urethral valve (1,2).

A Huge Anterior Urethral Diverticulum After Circumcision in a Child: An Unusual Complication of Disposable Plastic Circumcision Device/Plastik Sunnet Klemplerinin Nadir Bir Komplikasyonu: Bir Cocukta Sunnet Sonrasi Gelisen Dev Uretral Divertikul Olgusu

Significance of age-specific creatinine levels at presentation in posterior urethral valve patients.

Posterior urethral valves in South African boys: Outcomes and challenges

Dr Ademola, a consultant paediatric nephrologist, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, said continual dribbling of urine or even a weak stream during urination in boys could suggest that they were not urinating properly and that is the symptom of a condition medically termed posterior urethral valve.

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All cases with a secondary cause of hydronephrosis like posterior urethral valve (PUV), pelvicureteric junction obstruction (PUJ), and vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR), were referred to a pediatric urologist.

Outcomes of Isolated Antenatal Hydronephrosis at First Year of Life

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.

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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

Another patient with posterior urethral valve fulgurated at childhood had dysplastic kidneys and renal scarring confirmed on renal ultrasound and DMSA renal scan.

Factors Predicting Renal Function Outcome after Augmentation Cystoplasty

The causes were physiological/ transient in 44 PUJ obstruction 11 primary vesicouretric reflux 5 and posterior urethral valve 4 cases.Of 5 patients having primary vesicouretric reflux 3 had grade III and 2 grade IV reflux.Definitive surgery was performed in 15 cases Out of these; 11 patients under went open pyeloplasty in mean time of 6 months and 4 patients with posterior urethral valves initially underwent vesicostomy on 14th day and later posterior valve fulguration at 18 months.

Etiology and Postnatal Management of Prenatal Hydronephrosis: A Study of Two Teaching Hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The etiology of hydroureteronephrosis was neurogenic bladder secondary to meningomyelocele in five patients, a posterior urethral valve (PUV) in four patients, an obstructive megaureter in three patients and ectopic obstructive ureterocele in two patients.

Tek tarafh nonfonksiyone bobrekli cocuk hastalarda ureterosistoplasti / Ureterocystoplasty in pediatric patients with unilateral nonfunctioning kidney

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