Relationships between posterior urethral valves, vesico-renal reflux and renal dysplasia
Charbit, L.; Cukier, J.; Boiteux, F.
Acta Urologica Belgica 58(1): 73-77
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-7183 PMID: 2371940 Document Number: 351422
Children with valves of the posterior urethra show asymmetric involvement of the upper urinary system with a nonfunctional kidney in 10 to 15% of cases. In a study of 12 nephrectomy patients and 14 reflux patients, the authors reached the conclusion that valvular obstruction, vesico-renal reflux and dysplasia are coexisting anomalies with little relationship between each other.