Pyonephrosis drained by double-J catheter

Che-Wei Chang; Chun-Nung Huang

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3204

Pyonephrosis drained by double-J catheter

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Sep 2;8(12):3586-3587. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3204. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Che-Wei Chang^{1

2

3}, Chun-Nung Huang^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology School of Medicine College of Medicine Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung Taiwan.
² Department of Urology Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan.
³ Department of Urology Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Urology Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan.

Abstract

An infectious disease with obstructive hydronephrosis, pyonephrosis causes suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma. In such cases, retrograde ureteric stenting is considered a good choice for the drainage of pyonephrosis, as an alternative to percutaneous nephrostomy and nephrectomy. The complication rate is minimal in retrograde ureteric stenting compared with about 4% in percutaneous nephrostomy.

Keywords: double‐J catheter; hydronephrosis; pyonephrosis; ureteric stent.