title: Endoureteropyelotomy in adults. Review of procedure and results.
abstract: We report on 17 adult patients who underwent antegrade endoureteropyelotomy for primary (7) and secondary (10) ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Complications were limited to failure to relieve the obstruction, which occurred in 2 patients (12%) requiring a subsequent open pyeloplasty. The two failures were due to high insertion of the ureter in one, and lower renal pole vessel in the other case. A new endoureteropyelotomy stent was developed to enhance healing and patient comfort. No failures occurred due to technical difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D015607:Stents; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D014572:Urology / Q000379:methods