Percutaneous vesicoamniotic shunting versus conservative management for fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (PLUTO): A randomised trial

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9903, 2013, Pages 1496-1506

  Morris, Rachel K ^a,b   Malin, Gemma L ^a   Quinlan Jones, Elisabeth ^a   Middleton, Lee J ^a   Hemming, Karla ^a   Burke, Danielle ^a   Daniels, Jane P ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Deeks, Jon ^a   Kilby, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PERCUTANEOUS VESICOAMNIOTIC SHUNTING; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHUNTING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84886804042     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60992-7     Document Type: Article

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