Urethral duplication: Experience of four cases

AIM: Our experience of 4 cases of urethral duplication is reported here. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective chart review. RESULTS: The age at presentation varied from newborn to 10 years. The clinical presentation ranged from prepubic sinus to diphallus urethra. There were 2 each incomplete dupl...

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Autores principales: Ramareddy, Raghu S., Alladi, Anand, Siddappa, O. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22869976
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.98127
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description AIM: Our experience of 4 cases of urethral duplication is reported here. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective chart review. RESULTS: The age at presentation varied from newborn to 10 years. The clinical presentation ranged from prepubic sinus to diphallus urethra. There were 2 each incomplete duplication with only external openings (Type IA) and complete duplication of Effmann Type IIA2. All underwent complete excision of accessory urethra and corrections of associated anomalies. CONCLUSIONS: Urethral duplications have a varied presentation. At follow up, all are asymptomatic with good cosmetic result.
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spelling pubmed-34098982012-08-06 Urethral duplication: Experience of four cases Ramareddy, Raghu S. Alladi, Anand Siddappa, O. S. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Original Article AIM: Our experience of 4 cases of urethral duplication is reported here. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective chart review. RESULTS: The age at presentation varied from newborn to 10 years. The clinical presentation ranged from prepubic sinus to diphallus urethra. There were 2 each incomplete duplication with only external openings (Type IA) and complete duplication of Effmann Type IIA2. All underwent complete excision of accessory urethra and corrections of associated anomalies. CONCLUSIONS: Urethral duplications have a varied presentation. At follow up, all are asymptomatic with good cosmetic result. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3409898/ /pubmed/22869976 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.98127 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409898/
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