Further experience with circle tube nephroureterostomy urinary diversion.
Circle tube nephroureterostomy as an alternative method of urinary diversion has now been used in 80 patients, representing a wide variety of clinical problems. The technique offers several advantages over nephrostomy or intubated ureterostomy. Additional extensive experience with the procedure has substantiated the initially favorable impressions.
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*