title: Long-term follow-up of patients after pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction.
abstract: Between the years 1976 and 1986, 94 patients ranging in age from 2 weeks to 60 years were referred for treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. A dismembered pyeloplasty was performed in 85 patients, ureterocalycostomy in 4 patients and primary nephrectomy in 5 patients. Apart from aberrant vessels found in 14 patients and associated calculi in 12, clinical results were satisfactory in most of the patients (96.2%). The calyceal appearance on the postoperative excretory urogram showed diminution with good drainage in 53.8%, improvement of drainage in 42.3%, and deterioration in 3.8%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savion
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Livne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Savir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007670:Kidney Calices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*