Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4162530 | Journal of Pediatric Urology | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Posterior urethral valves (PUV) are the most common congenital cause of bladder outlet obstruction in infancy, and it is the effect of this obstruction on the bladder and the kidneys that will decide a patient's prognosis. With the improvements in diagnosis and treatments, what was previously a poor prognosis for boys with PUV has improved, and more patients will encounter the long-term sequelae of PUV during puberty and adulthood. In these patients the long-term prognosis in terms of renal and bladder function and fertility, as well as the risk of malignancy in those whose bladders were augmented with gastrointestinal segments, is still a matter of great concern and all of these topics will be discussed in this article.
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Authors
Pedro Lopez Pereira, M.J. Martinez Urrutia, L. Espinosa, E. Jaureguizar,