Lower urinary tract reconstruction for duplicated renal units with ureterocele. Is excision of the ureterocele with reconstruction of the bladder base necessary?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1510-1513

  Merguerian, Paul A ^a   Byun, Esther ^a   Chang, Barry ^a   Strand, William ^b   Merguerian, Paul ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Kidney; Ureterocele; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCISION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DUPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETEROCELE; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; URETHROPLASTY;

EID: 0042817871     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000084625.17209.e4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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