Double obstruction of ureter: A diagnostic challenge | Zendy

Biswanath Mukhopadhyay | Zendy; Pankaj Halder | Zendy; RamMohan Shukla | Zendy; KartikChandra Mandal | Zendy; Shibsankar Barman | Zendy

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Double obstruction of ureter: A diagnostic challenge

Author(s) -

Biswanath Mukhopadhyay,

Pankaj Halder,

RamMohan Shukla,

KartikChandra Mandal,

Shibsankar Barman

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1998-3891

pISSN - 0971-9261

DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.136457

Subject(s) - medicine , ureter , hydronephrosis , pyeloplasty , ureteropelvic junction , surgery , bladder outlet obstruction , population , general surgery , urinary system , prostate , environmental health , cancer

Isolated obstruction of the ureteropelvic junction and the vesico-ureteric junction are the two most common causes of hydronephrosis in a pediatric population.[1] They do not pose diagnostic difficulties when are present alone but when together can be difficult to diagnose. Here, we discuss the problems we faced when we encountered these two anomalies in the same ureter and the way in which we managed them.

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