Abstract:
The term used for congenital obstruction of the posterior urethra is posterior urethral valves. That term stemmed from the work of Hugh Hampton Young, who published the results in a journal he founded in 1917, two years after the first edition. The classification was a 6-part classification from 12 patients. Over the last three decades, the ability to see and record the endoscopic features of urethral obstruction has improved, leading to the understanding that posterior urethral obstruction is due to a membrane with a hole in the posterior aspect, with reinforcements that run to the verumontanum and, most importantly
Biography:
Dr Paddy, as his patients call him, is a Paediatric Urologist and a Paediatric General Surgeon offering CARE to children and families, and advice to adults, affected by congenital conditions, particularly those of the urinary tract and bowel. Dr Paddy has a passion for making healthCARE safer.
Dr Paddy Dewan completed his undergraduate training in The University of Melbourne in 1979, graduating in Paediatric Surgery in 1988 then completing Fellowships in Paediatric Urology in Ireland and England. His clinical skills are supplemented by the knowledge gained through his dedication to research and by providing pro bono teaching and clinical care to 21 different developing countries.
His particular interests include Fetal Hydronephrosis, Wetting and urinary tract infection, Vesicoureteric Reflux, Obstructive urinary disease, Hypospadias, Anorectal anomalies and General Paediatric Surgery.
