Spontaneous remission of urinary tract obstruction and ascites in a fetus with posterior urethral valves

Outcomes of primary valve ablation versus urinary tract diversion in patients with posterior urethral valves.

OBJECTIVES Although valve ablation is the treatment of choice for patients with posterior urethral valves, debate continues as to the role of urinary diversion. We sought to retrospectively compare the clinical and radiologic outcomes between valve ablation and urinary diversion for patients with posterior urethral valves. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 50 consecutive pati...

Fungal urinary tract infection in an infant with posterior urethral valves

Children with urinary tract abnormalities are susceptible to bacterial urinary infection (UTI); fungal infection, although rare, is reported to be increasing. Here, we describe a seven month-old male infant with posterior urethral valves who had developed both bacterial and fungal (Candidal) urinary tract infections. Direct and culture examinations of urine sample confirmed urinary tract candid...

Urinary tract infections in children with posterior urethral valves after kidney transplantation.

The records of 14 boys with posterior urethral valves who had renal failure and subsequently underwent renal transplantation were reviewed to determine the postoperative incidence of urinary tract infection relative to that of 29 male transplant children without valves, who served as controls. There were no significant differences between the posterior urethral valve patients and controls with ...

Lower urinary tract symptoms in adults treated for posterior urethral valves in childhood: matched cohort study.

PURPOSE We compared the prevalence and bother of lower urinary tract symptoms in adults treated for posterior urethral valves in childhood and population based controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Questionnaires were mailed to patients 18 years and older treated at our institution for posterior urethral valves. Of the 124 patients 68 (64.2%) participated, 18 were unavailable and 38 did not partici...

Posterior Urethral Valves