TY - JOUR A1 - Lawal, Suleiman A1 - Ibinaiye, Philip A1 - Lawal, Ahmad A1 - Zaria, Muhammad A1 - Igashi, Joseph T1 - Unusual presentation of a rare case of posterior urethral valves in a nine-year-old boy Y1 - 2016/7/1 JF - Archives of International Surgery JO - Arch Int Surg SP - 186 EP - 189 VL - 6 IS - 3 UR - https://www.archintsurg.org/article.asp?issn=2278-9596;year=2016;volume=6;issue=3;spage=186;epage=189;aulast=Lawal DO - 10.4103/2278-9596.202371 N2 - Posterior urethral valves are tissue leaflets fanning distally from the prostatic urethra to the external urinary sphincter. It is the most common obstructive uropathy leading to childhood renal failure. It constitutes a clinical spectrum ranging from severe forms to milder forms. When obstruction can be overcome by detrusor contraction, it may remain silent until later life ER -