title: [Management of endourological technics with upper urinary tract diseases except urolithiasis].
abstract: Fifteen patients with stricture of upper urinary tract and 4 patients suspected of having upper tract carcinoma were managed with endourological (percutaneous or transurethral) techniques. The strictures were treated with various dilation catheters and the optical urethrotome. Eleven cases (73.3%) were successfully treated and satisfactory urinary passage was attained. The 4 patients suspected of having upper tract neoplasms were diagnosed accurately with endoscopy, 2 patients had transitional cell carcinoma of renal pelvis and the others had benign ureteral polyps. The endourological technique was a useful method for the treatment of ureteral stenosis and the diagnosis of upper tract neoplasm except for the treatment of urolithiasis. This technique will become useful tool in urology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Asahikawa Medical College.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Inada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yachiku
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014545:Urinary Calculi