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To review the evolving clinical controversies and therapeutic decisions surrounding neonatal and infant urologic conditions identified through antenatal screening.

October 6, 1989JAMA

Urologic Surgery in Neonates and Young Infants

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GKGeorge W. KaplanUniversity of California, San Diego

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Clinical review reveals management controversies for congenital urinary lesions in neonates and young infants, highlighting the need for better natural history data.

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To review the evolving clinical controversies and therapeutic decisions surrounding neonatal and infant urologic conditions identified through antenatal screening.
Reviewed embryologic and pathoembryologic mechanisms underlying congenital urologic malformations and structural deformation.
Evaluated current diagnostic capabilities of in utero ultrasonography and associated rationales for fetal intervention versus postnatal care.
Prenatal ultrasonography enables early detection of structural urinary lesions, but optimal management is hindered by an incomplete understanding of natural disease progression.
The role of antenatal intervention remains controversial, with divergent clinical stances supporting either early in utero correction or post-delivery expectant management.

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George W. Kaplan (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70cd25febe604dd70992a9 https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430130139051

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Clinical review reveals management controversies for congenital urinary lesions in neonates and young infants, highlighting the need for better natural history data.

Urologic Surgery in Neonates and Young Infants

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Urologic Surgery in Neonates and Young Infants

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