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Mudhir Sabir Shekha

Hi dear

A number of experimental models have been established, both to study the effect of obstruction on the developing kidney and to evaluate the feasibility of in utero surgery

to relieve the obstructive process you can see different animal model in(Fig. 1) in attached PDF file

Best regard

Raveenthiran Venkatachalam

The following paper is an authoritative catalogue of all available animal models

Pediatric Surgery International

May 1994, Volume 9, Issue 5, pp 307-322

Animal models of pediatric surgical diseases

Kenneth S. Chang, Jack H. T. Chang