title: Use of percutaneous nephrostomy in malignant ureteric obstruction.
abstract: Seventeen patients with malignant disease underwent percutaneous nephrostomy to relieve renal failure secondary to ureteric obstruction. Renal function improved in 88%. The median survival time was 18 weeks and 58% left the primary hospital to return home or to a terminal care hospice. Minor complications occurred in 58%. The use of bilateral nephrostomy tubes conferred no greater benefit than a unilateral tube. Intervention in malignant ureteric obstruction may confer some benefit and should not necessarily be viewed with pessimism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Edinburg Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*