Posterior Urethral Valves
Posterior Urethral Valves Definition
Posterior urethral valves is a congenital condition characterized by an obstruction in the male urethra.
Posterior Urethral Valves Diagnosis
The following conditions are used to diagnosed posterior urethral valves: ilateral hydronephrosis, thickened bladder wall, bladder diverticula and voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) ? diagnostic.
Posterior Urethral Valves Symptoms and Signs
Patients with Posterior urethral valves may experience incontinence, urinary tract infection, renal failure and vesicoureteral reflux.
Posterior Urethral Valves Treatment
Posterior urethral valve has three known treatments: Vesicostomy and then valve ablation where a stoma or hole is made in the urinary bladder, also known as high diversion, followed by closure of the stoma and valve abalation, pyelostomy and then valve ablation where a stoma is made in the pelvis of the kidney, also known as high diversion, followed by closure of the stoma and valve abalation and primary valve ablation where the valves through the urethra are removed.