The use of infant feeding tube as a combined nephrostomy and stent in Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty.
OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate the usefulness of a small size nasogastric tube as a combined nephrostomy tube and stent in Anderson-Hyne Pyeloplasty.


METHODS
Size 6 FG nasogastric tube with two holes made at the midportion, was used in each of 10 consecutive patients who had Anderson-Hypes dismembered pyeloplasty. The distal portion served as stent while the middle perforated portion was situated in the renal pelvis. Through a separate stab wound at the lateral abdominal wall the rest of the tube was brought out. The single tube then served as both a nephrostomy and a splint to the repair.


RESULTS
In 9 (90%) out of 10 patients, the tube drained significant urine post operatively. When removed six to twelve days later there was no urinary fistula in any of the patients.
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Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City.
D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods