Urachal anomalies in children: The vanishing relevance of the preoperative voiding cystourethrogram

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1874-1876

  Little, Danny C ^a   Shah, Sohail R ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^a   Calkins, Casey M ^a   Murphy, John P ^a   Gatti, John M ^a   Gittes, George K ^a   Sharp, Ron J ^a   Andrews, Walter S ^a   Holcomb III, George W ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a   Snyder, Charles L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Urachal anomaly; Urachus; Voiding cystourethrogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER MALFORMATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URACHAL ANOMALY; URACHUS; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URACHUS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 28844489532     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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