Ureterocalycostomy - final resort in the management of secondary pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction: our experience

Int Braz J Urol. 2016 May-Jun;42(3):501-6. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0368.

Abstract

Ureterocalycostomy can be performed in patients in whom desired methods of treating secondary PUJ (Pelvi-Ureteric Junction) obstructions either failed or could not be used. In our study, one child and two adults in whom one redo-ureterocalycostomy and two ureterocalycostomies were performed for severely scarred PUJ. The causes for secondary PUJ obstruction were post-pyelolithotomy in one case, post-pyeloplasty and ureterocalycostomy for PUJ obstruction in the second patient and the third patient had long upper ureteric stricture post-ureteropyeloplasty due to tuberculosis. In all these cases ureterocalycostomy proved to be salvage/final resort for preserving functional renal unit.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hydronephrosis / congenital*
  • Hydronephrosis / surgery
  • Kidney Calices / surgery*
  • Male
  • Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney / surgery*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ureter / surgery*
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery*
  • Ureterostomy / methods*
  • Young Adult

Supplementary concepts

  • Multicystic renal dysplasia, bilateral