1972
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(72)90803-4
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Ureteral function in pregnant women

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“…How ever, in vivo and in vitro studies have been carried out with contradicting results [4,5,7,8]. In favor of an obstructive cause of dilatation are the facts that: (1) only the upper ureter is found dilated sug gesting ureteral compression by the gravide uterus at the level of the pelvic brim [3]; (2) a preponderance of right sided hydronephrosis in approximately 85% of cases in accordance with the different course of the right and left ureter when they cross the iliac vessels [3,5,15], and, (3) studies measuring intraureteral tonus at different lev els of the ureter have shown a significant difference between pregnant and nonpregnant women [9,10].…”
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“…How ever, in vivo and in vitro studies have been carried out with contradicting results [4,5,7,8]. In favor of an obstructive cause of dilatation are the facts that: (1) only the upper ureter is found dilated sug gesting ureteral compression by the gravide uterus at the level of the pelvic brim [3]; (2) a preponderance of right sided hydronephrosis in approximately 85% of cases in accordance with the different course of the right and left ureter when they cross the iliac vessels [3,5,15], and, (3) studies measuring intraureteral tonus at different lev els of the ureter have shown a significant difference between pregnant and nonpregnant women [9,10].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Há estase urinária e o refluxo vésico-ureteral aumenta durante a gravidez como afirma Hutch e col. 6 (1963). Sala e Rubi 15 (1967) provaram, também, que ocorre uma diminuição da pressão contractil média dos ureteres. Todos estes fatores favorecem a obstrução das vias urinárias e facilitam a invasão e a proliferação de bactérias, como também, a exacerbação de bacteriúrias anteriores silenciosas.…”
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