Prenatal ultrasonography early in gestation allows diagnosis of posterior urethral valves. We report on a fetus with posterior urethral valves treated using vesicoamniotic shunting at 13 + 5 weeks' gestation. A double-basket catheter was used for shunting. A 2582-g male neonate was delivered at 33 weeks' gestation, and the infant continued to show normal renal function at 3 years of age. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of successful vesicoamniotic shunt placement using a double-basket catheter in the first trimester of pregnancy. Copyright © 2005 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Kim, S. K., Won, H. S., Shim, J. Y., Kim, K. S., Lee, P. R., & Kim, A. (2005). Successful vesicoamniotic shunting of posterior urethral valves in the first trimester of pregnancy. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 26(6), 666–668. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.2604
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