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

Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 653-657

  Farhat, Walid ^a   McLorie, Gordon ^a   Capolicchio, Gianpaolo ^a   Khoury, Antoine ^a   Bägli, Darius ^a   Merguerian, Paul A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA; URETHRA VALVE; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGRAPHY; VALVE ABLATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY DIVERSION; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0033833888     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00784-6     Document Type: Article

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