1. Case report: Prenatal intervention for severe anterior urethral valve.
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Mizuno, Yoko, Tsuchida, Shinya, Kakiuchi, Satsuki, Ishiguro, Akio, Goishi, Keiji, Kamei, Yoshimasa, Kanamori, Yutaka, Yamazaki, Yuichiro, Sekine, Takashi, and Igarashi, Takashi
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CASE studies ,ASCITES ,HYDRONEPHROSIS ,ASPHYXIA in children ,TOKYO University Hospital (Japan) - Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 25-year-old mother who was admitted to the Tokyo University Hospital for 31 weeks of pregnancy because of oligohydramnios. Fetal sonography revealed a left perinephic urinoma, megacystis, bilateral hydronephrosis, and hydroureter in the fetus. Low urinary tract obstruction was also suspected. At the 33rd week, a male infant was delivered weighing 2369 grams with neonatal asphyxia. The mother managed with prenatal urinary ascites evacuation.
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- 2010
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