Is primary endoscopic puncture of ureterocele a long-term effective procedure?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-119

  Chertin, Boris ^a   De Caluwé, Diane ^a   Puri, Prem ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endoscopic puncture; Longterm follow up; Ureterocele

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY DUPLICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; REOPERATION; URETER REIMPLANTATION; URETEROCELE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0037242894     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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