Conservative treatment of an injured hydronephrotic kidney: the role of percutaneous nephrostomy.
The authors report a child who presented with massive hematuria after blunt trauma to a hydronephrotic kidney (ureteropelvic junction stenosis). The insertion of a nephrostomy tube effectively decompressed the injured kidney and enabled an early reconstructive repair of the stenosed ureteropelvic junction.
Lazar
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Meir General Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Buchumensky
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Erez
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Aronheim
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Katz
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed