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Revista mexicana de pediatría
Print version ISSN 0035-0052
Abstract
ARBOLEDA-BUSTAN, Jenny Elizabeth; MARTIN-SOLE, Oriol; PEREZ-BERTOLEZ, Sonia and GARCIA-APARICIO, Luis. Urethral prolapse in girls: report of five cases. Rev. mex. pediatr. [online]. 2019, vol.86, n.6, pp.219-222. Epub Dec 03, 2020. ISSN 0035-0052.
Urethral prolapse is a rare condition. This study aims to describe our cases and compare them with published studies.
Materials and methods:
Descriptive study, taking as cases all patients operated on for urethral prolapse from 1992 to 2018 in our center in the last six years.
Results:
Five urethral prolapse patients. Age of our patient was between two and eight years. The reason for consultation was bleeding. Two of the five patients presented a recent history of upper respiratory tract infection. The technique used for the correction was the one described by Kelly-Burnham, in the follow-up patients did not present complications.
Conclusion:
Urethral prolapse is a rare condition that occurred in girls between 2-8 years of age that requires an adequate diagnosis Surgery is the treatment of choice.
Keywords : Urethral prolapse; girls; surgery.
