a rare case of anterior urethral valve in association with posterior urethral valuve is reported. clinical findings are discussed, and the available literature will be briefly reviewed.

background: posterior urethral valve presenting in adulthood is uncommon. this can be an unusual cause of primary male infertility as a result of abnormalities in sexual function. case presentation: this report describes a 40 year old man who presented to us on account of inability to impregnate his wife after 2 years of marriage. history revealed poor stream of urine since childhood and passag...

Congenital urethral valves: findings in 73 children. Objective. To inventory symptoms of children with urethral valves, and their prognosis. Design. Descriptive, Setting. Department of paediatrics and urology, University of Nij megen. Methods. Symptoms were evaluated from clinical data and interviews of the parents of 73 patients. The glomerular filtra­ tion rate (GFR) was calculated from the s...

Congenital urethral valves: findings in 73 children. Objective. To inventory symptoms of children with urethral valves, and their prognosis. Design. Descriptive, Setting. Department of paediatrics and urology, University of Nij megen. Methods. Symptoms were evaluated from clinical data and interviews of the parents of 73 patients. The glomerular filtra­ tion rate (GFR) was calculated from the s...

OBJECTIVE Therapy for anterior combined with posterior urethral stricture is difficult and controversial. This study aims to introduce a standard process for managing anterior combined with posterior urethral stricture. PATIENTS AND METHODS 19 patients with anterior combined with posterior urethral stricture were treated following our standard process. Average (range) age was 52 (21-72) years...

Posterior urethral valves (PUV) are the commonest cause of bladder outlet obstruction in children. With improvement of primary health care and widespread use of ultrasonography during antenatal check-up, early diagnosis of PUV has increased. The first description of PUV was made in 1919 by Hugh Hampton Young 1 . PUV represents a spectrum of severity, ranging from disease incompatible with postn...

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