In-utero treatment of fetal bladder-outlet obstruction by a ureterocele

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作者
Quintero, RA [1 ]
Homsy, Y [1 ]
Bornick, PW [1 ]
Allen, M [1 ]
Johnson, PK [1 ]
机构
[1] St Josephs Hosp, Florida Inst Fetal Diag & Therapy, Tampa, FL USA
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10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05084-4
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Fetal bladder-outlet obstruction by ureteroceles is usually treated;at birth. However, such obstruction may be detrimental to the health of the fetus and so in-utero correction is preferable. We describe the successful cytoscopy guided laser incision, with no complications, of a uterocele that was causing bladder-outlet obstruction in a fetus of 19 weeks and 6 days gestation.
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