[Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of antegrade ureteropyelography and percutaneous nephropyelostomy in childhood]

Abstract

In a sample of 18 children aging one day to eighteen years 21 percutaneous nephrostomies and 27 antegrade pyelographies were performed using sonography and fluoroscopy. Thirteen patients had both nephrostomy and pyelography and 5 had only pyelography. Three of 13 patients needed bilateral nephrostomies. The results indicate that the combination of percutaneous nephrostomy and antegrade pyelography is helpful in diagnosis and treatment of various obstructive disorders of the urinary tract especially in the newborn period.