Postoperative Diuresis Renography and Ultrasound in Patients Undergoing Pyeloplasty Predictors of Surgical Outcome

The authors reviewed 50 pediatric patients (56 renal units) who underwent pyeloplasty and had serial preoperative and postoperative diuresis renogram and ultrasound studies. Of those patients that clinically improved with surgery, 73% and 91% showed improved renographic patterns in postoperative stu...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1993-10, Vol.18 (10), p.872-876
Main Authors: NESTE, M G, DU CRET, R P, FINLAY, D E, SANE, S, GONZALEZ, R, BOUDREAU, R J, KUNI, C C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Iodohippuric Acid
Kidney Pelvis - surgery
Male
Medical sciences
Postoperative Period
Radioisotope Renography
Retrospective Studies
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the urinary system
Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide
Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
Treatment Outcome
Ureteral Obstruction - epidemiology
Ureteral Obstruction - surgery
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Summary:The authors reviewed 50 pediatric patients (56 renal units) who underwent pyeloplasty and had serial preoperative and postoperative diuresis renogram and ultrasound studies. Of those patients that clinically improved with surgery, 73% and 91% showed improved renographic patterns in postoperative studies at 3 and 12 months, respectively. Ultrasound demonstrated more gradual improvement in grade and pelvic diameters over longer study intervals. Diuresis renography is an excellent predictor of surgical outcome within 3 months of pyeloplasty and showed change well in advance of that seen on ultrasound. Sonography is better suited to longer term evaluation of grade, pelvic diameter, and renal size.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199310000-00010