Surgical Correction of Bladder-Neck Obstruction in Children

Abstract

IN the recent literature considerable attention has been paid to recognition and management of obstructions at the bladder neck in children. This condition is relatively uncommon when compared to the numerous other anomalies of the urinary system, but it is highly important to detect, since it can insidiously lead to extensive destruction of kidney and excretory tracts. It is now known that the institution of appropriate therapy can effectively ward off renal damage and minimize superimposed infection.The entity has been recognized and described for decades, but it has not come into focus until the past few years. In 1915 . . .