Open AccessUrodynamic profile in posterior urethral valve patients following fulguration: Does age at fulguration matter?
Author(s) -
Ashwin Mallya,
Vilvapathy Senguttuvan Karthikeyan,
Sundaramoorthy Vijayganapathy,
Ali Poonawala,
R. Keshavamurthy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/iju.iju_148_17
Subject(s) - fulguration , medicine , posterior urethral valve , urinary system , incidence (geometry) , urology , surgery , physics , optics
Children with posterior urethral valve (PUV) may develop urinary bladder (UB) dysfunction even after valve fulguration (VF). Using Urodynamics (UDS), we sought to identify whether age at VF and time elapsed since VF contributed to UB dysfunction.