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Complications and pseudocomplications after Lich-Grégoir antireflux plasty

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With exact diagnosis and correct surgical technique, the Lich-Grégoir antireflux plasty is safe and complications are few — reflux recurrences are rare. The only serious complication is neurogenic bladder voiding disturbance, which has been observed in some cases after one-stage bilateral procedure and excessive mobilization of the bladder neck. Postoperative ureteral obstructions of the urine flow, generally due to oedemas, are thus temporary. They can be regarded as pseudocomplications.

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  1. Department of Urology, Section of Paediatric Urology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Medical School, Bonn, FRG

    M. Schaefer & P. Brühl

  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Medical Academy, Poznan, Poland

    A. Jankowski

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Schaefer, M., Brühl, P. & Jankowski, A. Complications and pseudocomplications after Lich-Grégoir antireflux plasty. International Urology and Nephrology 22, 537–542 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02549742

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