Urinary tract refunctionalization after prior diversion in children.
Thirty-two children who had undergone previous urinary diversion were operated upon to refunctionalize the bladder. In 24 the diversion had been considered permanent, and in eight, temporary. Success in these procedures suggests that many young patients deserve a second look for possible "undiversion."
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000601:surgery; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000601:surgery