title: The management of pyonephrosis.
abstract: The treatment of 63 cases of pyonephrosis is described. The primary procedure in 39 patients (62%) was nephrectomy. A drainage procedure, usually nephrostomy, was performed in the remainder and in 10 cases an obstructing stone was removed. In 13 cases (21%) a useful functioning kidney resulted from conservative surgery. The indications for the different treatments are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013492:Suppuration