Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4163372 | Journal of Pediatric Urology | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Ureteropelvic junction obstruction with concomitant ureterovesical junction obstruction is a rare condition whose treatment remains challenging [1], [2] and [3]. Renal ultrasonography and diuretic renogram are universally utilized to assess a patient prior to pyeloplasty; however, the role of retrograde pyelography at the time of pyeloplasty is still debatable [5], [6] and [7]. Herein, we describe two cases where the use of retrograde pyelography preoperatively helped to avoid pyeloplasty failure by allowing the surgeon to visualize a concurrent ureterovesical junction obstruction, which would not have been visible in the surgical field had the procedure been carried out without intraoperative imaging.
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Authors
Preveshen Moodley, Jorge DeMaria, Armando J. Lorenzo, Joao L. Pippi Salle, Luis H.P. Braga,