title: Conservative treatment of an injured hydronephrotic kidney: the role of percutaneous nephrostomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Meir General Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Buchumensky
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aronheim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: 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