Ultrasound-guided laser treatment for fetal bladder outlet obstruction resulting from ureterocele.
In a case of severe bilateral hydronephrosis in a female fetus associated with ureterocele at 28 weeks, under local anesthetic, ultrasound-guided neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser was used to perforate the ureterocele and successfully overcome the obstruction. There was no recurrence of obstruction, and renal function was normal postnatally.
Soothill
Peter W
PW
Fetal Medicine Research Unit, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Michael's Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom. Peter.Soothill@bristol.ac.uk
Bartha
Jose L
JL
Tizard
Jane
J
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000196:embryology*; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology* / Q000209:etiology*