Urinary tract reconstruction in prune belly syndrome.
Fifteen boys with prune belly syndrome cared for over a ten-year period required surgical treatment because of uncontrolled infection and/or progressive azotemia. Five died of renal dysplasia. Primary or staged reconstruction resulted in significant improvement when ureteral reimplantation was combined with tailoring of ureteral caliber.
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000151:congenital*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012092:Replantation; D013577:Syndrome; D014511:Uremia / Q000601:surgery; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000601:surgery; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000601:surgery