RT Journal
A1 Kaplan GW
T1 URologic surgery in neonates and young infants
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1989
FD October 6
VO 262
IS 13
SP 1863
OP 1863
DO 10.1001/jama.1989.03430130139051
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430130139051
AB The past decade has produced profound changes in pediatric urology. The advent of prenatal ultrasound has led to antenatal diagnosis and early treatment of many lesions. As so often occurs, pediatric urologists are faced with solving clinical problems without a complete database that will outline the natural history of the lesion and thereby guide therapy. This volume attempts to highlight areas of controversy produced by these incomplete databases and to provide further information for the practitioner.Cook and Stephens have provided a review of normal embryology as well as pathoembryology. Additionally, they expanded upon the role of deformation in the production of many of the abnormalities associated with urologic problems. The next two chapters deal with in utero ultrasonic detection of urologic abnormalities. In some ways, one might interpret these chapters as viewing the glass as either half empty or half full, respectively, with regard to fetal intervention. It is