KIDNEY LENGTH AND URETERIC DILATATION IN THE PUERPERIUM

Abstract

Summary Women within one week of delivery had larger kidneys than the normal for their body height. Shrinkage of renal length of 1 cm. occurred over a period of six months. Non‐obstructive dilatation of the lumbar segment of the right ureter was invariably demonstrated in the early puerperium, and dilatation of the left ureter was often present.