Afifi et al, 1972, described a patient affected with prune-belly syndrome born to first-cousin parents.

Rajab et al, 1996, reported that from 1987 to 1994, a total of 84 Omani infants underwent surgical treatment for posterior urethral valves. 

Sawardekar, 2005, conducted a study to establish the prevalence of major congenital malformations in children born during a 10-year period in an Omani hospital in Nizwa. Of the 21,988 total births in the hospital, two children were born with Prune Belly Syndrome.

Akl and Zayyoud, 1983, reviewed the medical records of 83 children who presented with renal disorders in Qatar during a single year. One patient with chronic renal failure was found to have the Prune Belly syndrome.

[Akl K, Zayyoud M. The spectrum of childhood kidney disease in Qatar. Qatar Med J. 1983; 4(2):95-7.}

Al Harbi, 2003, reported the first known case of a girl with Down syndrome, prune-belly anomalies and an atrioventricular septal defect. She was born to a diabetic mother and died at 29 days of age, most likely due to sepsis.

Boutheina et al, 2000, carried out prenatal diagnoses in 43 patients with lethal urinary tract abnormalities during a five-year-period. Meckel-Gruber syndrome and Prune-Belly syndrome were detected in 4% of the studied cases.