학술논문
SYMPTOMATIC REFLUXING DISTAL URETERAL STUMPS AFTER NEPHROURETERECTOMY AND HEMINEPHROURETERECTOMY. WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
The Journal of Urology. Jan, 2005, Vol. 173 Issue 1, p204, 3 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0022-5347
Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000147849.80627.41 Byline: PASQUALE CASALE, RICHARD W. GRADY, RICHARD S. LEE, BYRON D. JOYNER, MICHAEL E. MITCHELL Keywords: ureter; kidney; vesico-ureteral reflux Abstract: We hypothesize that residual ureteral stumps following nephroureterectomy (NU) or heminephroureterectomy (HNU) are associated with an increased risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) that is decreased by distal ureterectomy. Author Affiliation: From the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PC), and Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Article Note: (footnote) Submitted for publication March 30, 2004. Study received institutional review board approval.