title: Urinary diversion in children with pelvic tumors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate children presenting with malignant pelvic tumors obstructing the upper urinary tract.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventeen children with upper urinary tract obstruction by a malignant tumor were reviewed. A nephrostomy tube or Double J (DJ) stent was inserted into each obstructed urinary system and removed after tumor shrinkage and/or hydronephrosis regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 9 boys and 8 girls in the study; the mean age and median follow-up were 5.7 years and 2.5 years, respectively. The most common obstructing tumor was rhabdomyosarcoma. Twelve children underwent diversion by nephrostomy tubes and 3 by DJ stents; 2 patients underwent resection of the tumors with ureteroureterostomy. Complications after the insertion of the stents included febrile urinary tract infections (UTI) or pyelonephritis in 4 of the children with DJ stents. In the nephrostomy group, febrile UTI developed in 3 and the tube fell out in 1, and was blocked in another. Of the 17 children, 9 have no evidence of disease, 2 are currently under treatment, and 6 died of cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prognosis of children with malignant pelvic tumor obstructing the upper urinary system justifies urgent and optimal upper tract diversion, enabling chemotherapy to be started immediately.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D Ben
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Meir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gur
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Livne
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yaniv
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tiedeman
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ashley
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hutson
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion