The postnatal management of boys in a national cohort of bladder outlet obstruction
Author / Expert
Ruth Wragg, Ewan Brownlee, Andy Robb, Harish Chandran, Marian Knight, Liam McCarthy, On behalf of BAPS-CASS
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Abstract
Aim
The most common cause of congenital bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) is posterior urethral valves (PUV). Initial treatment requires decompression, but transurethral incision (TUI) or primary diversion is all described. There is no randomized control trial to guide management. This study aims to describe management, circumcision, and UTI rate in a national cohort of PUV boys.
Methods
Boys diagnosed with BOO were recruited (via BAPS CASS) over 1 year with ethics committee approval (ref: 12/SC/0416). Data were collected via questionnaire, presented as number (%), analyzed by Mann–Whitney/chi-square/Fisher Exact tests, and p 1 y) presentations, p
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