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Posterior Urethral Valves

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Posterior urethral valves are rare, congenital obstructive membranous folds in the urethra that can lead to a range of bladder and renal complications for children. The mainstay of treatment is valve ablation. In those who cannot undergo immediate valve ablation, urinary drainage with catheterization or vesicostomy may be used as a temporizing measure until valve ablation can be performed. Diagnosis and treatment should be undertaken as early as possible to minimize the downstream risk of associated bladder and renal dysfunction in these children.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Urology, Department of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Charlotte Q. Wu

  2. Division of Pediatric Urology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Adam B. Hittelman

  3. Pediatric General Surgery Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda

    Edmond Ntaganda

  4. Department of Pediatric Urology, Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, Jena University Hospital Friedrich Schiller, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

    Stefan Wolke

  5. Sub Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

    Christopher C. Amah

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

    Emmanuel A. Ameh

  2. Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

    Stephen W. Bickler

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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  4. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Colombus, OH, USA

    Benedict C. Nwomeh

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    Dan Poenaru

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Wu, C.Q., Ntaganda, E., Hittelman, A.B., Wolke, S., Amah, C.C. (2020). Posterior Urethral Valves. In: Ameh, E.A., Bickler, S.W., Lakhoo, K., Nwomeh, B.C., Poenaru, D. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41724-6_93

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