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Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Table 6 The major therapeutic intervention adopted in the cases of PUV

From: The posterior urethral valves revisited: embryological correlation, clinical classification, and risk stratification of the spectrum

The major therapeutic intervention

Total, n = 102

Low risk (n = 24)

Intermediate risk (n = 52)

High risk (n = 26)

Cystoscopy and valve ablation

87

24

51

12

Ureterostomy

13

–

1

12

 Unilateral

3

–

1

2

 Bilateral

10

–

–

10

Vesicostomy

2

–

–

2

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