During the last 13 years 110 children with duplex ureteroceles were treated. There was a 3 to 1 female-to-male predominance. The authors report their experience with a group of 25 patients with duplex ureteroceles diagnosed in utero. Endoscopic incision of the ureterocele was performed as the initial treatment in 18 (72%) of these patients; decompression of the upper pole of the ureterocele was achieved in 100% of cases. Preservation of the upper pole was possible in 8 patients (44%); vesicoureteral reflux was created at the level of the upper pole in 8 (44%). Reconstruction of the lower urinary tract was accomplished in 15 (83.3%) patients who had had endoscopic treatment. Our experience has led us to believe that endoscopic incision of the ureterocele deserves reconsideration and re-evaluation because, as our series has shown, this intervention offers the great advantage of allowing good functional recuperation of the obstructed moiety with a high rate of success in a totally asymptomatic group of patients diagnosed in utero.
Management of duplex ureterocele detected by prenatal ultrasounds
DI BENEDETTO, Vincenzo
1995-01-01
Abstract
During the last 13 years 110 children with duplex ureteroceles were treated. There was a 3 to 1 female-to-male predominance. The authors report their experience with a group of 25 patients with duplex ureteroceles diagnosed in utero. Endoscopic incision of the ureterocele was performed as the initial treatment in 18 (72%) of these patients; decompression of the upper pole of the ureterocele was achieved in 100% of cases. Preservation of the upper pole was possible in 8 patients (44%); vesicoureteral reflux was created at the level of the upper pole in 8 (44%). Reconstruction of the lower urinary tract was accomplished in 15 (83.3%) patients who had had endoscopic treatment. Our experience has led us to believe that endoscopic incision of the ureterocele deserves reconsideration and re-evaluation because, as our series has shown, this intervention offers the great advantage of allowing good functional recuperation of the obstructed moiety with a high rate of success in a totally asymptomatic group of patients diagnosed in utero.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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