title: [Treatment of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: ureterolysis of corticoid therapy?].
abstract: Steroid therapy has been used as a treatment for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis for the past ten years and more. In 14 out of a series of 19 patients, this treatment was well-tolerated and successful. It acts quickly. The results of medical treatment compare favorably with those of surgical ureterolysis. In the authors' view, steroid therapy is therefore the treatment of choice for this complaint, and surgical management should be confined to the relatively rare setbacks of medical treatment, and to patients who do not tolerate steroids.
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
vernacular_title: Traitement de la fibrose rétro-péritonéale idiopathique: urétérolyse ou corticothérapie?