Major anomalies of the genitourinary tract in the neonate.

Abstract

Thirty-two neonates were investigated or operated upon for major anomalies of the genitourinary tract during the ten-year period up to June 1981. The infants ranged in age from 1 to 31 days. Obstructive uropathies and conditions which appear mainly in later infancy or childhood were excluded. Diagnostic and therapeutic problems of renal dysplasia (multicystic kidney), infantile polycystic kidney disease, renal venous thrombosis, tumours, exstrophy of the bladder, combination of paediatric surgical and urological anomalies, and sex assignment in infants are discussed with some case reports.