The length and collapsibility of the ureter play roles in the augmented reflection of intraabdominal pressure into the renal pelvis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1558-1561

  Karnak, Ibrahim ^a   Bingöl Koloǧlu, Meltem ^a   Büyükpamukçu, Nebil ^a   Tanyel, F Cahit ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital hydronephrosis; intraabdominal pressure; renal pelvis pressure; ureteropelvic junction obstruction

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; KIDNEY PELVIS; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STENT; URETER;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; RABBITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URETER;

EID: 5344249311     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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