A favorable outcome following 32 vesicocentesis and amnioinfusion procedures in a fetus with severe prune belly syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-172

  Galati, Vincenzo ^a   Beeson, James H ^b   Confer, Stephen D ^a   Frimberger, Dominic ^a   Campbell, Jeffrey B ^a   Ramji, Faridali G ^a   Kropp, Bradley P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnioinfusion; Early intervention; Oligohydramnios; Prune belly syndrome; Vesicocentesis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AMNIOINFUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; CYSTITIS; CYSTOSTOMY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 40849102694     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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