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PELVIC HYDRONEPHROSIS TREATED BY ILEAL BY‐PASS OF THE URETER
Author(s) -
Welbourn R. B.,
Livingston R. H.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1957.tb09320.x
Subject(s) - ureter , hydronephrosis , medicine , pelvis , renal pelvis , urology , ileum , surgery , urinary system , anatomy
SUMMARY A case of bilateral pelvic hydronephrosis associated with intermittent attacks of left ureteric obstruction has been treated by inserting a loop of ileum between the pelvis of the ureter and the bladder, leaving the adynamic ureter intact. The result two years later is encouraging.