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Endoscopic treatment of obstructive ureterohydronephrosis in children

Authors :
Maria Tsopozidi
Ioannis Spyridakis
Dimitrios Godosis
Chrysostomos Kepertis
Charikleia Demiri
Vasileios Mouravas
Vassilis Lambropoulos
Source :
Pan African Medical Journal; Vol. 36 No. 1 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
African Field Epidemiology Network, 2020.

Abstract

Obstructive ureterohydronephrosis in childhood population is a matter of debate between paediatric surgeons and paediatricians, as far as the therapeutic protocol that should be applied. Close observation, chemoprophylaxis, endoscopic and surgical approaches are the universally used techniques that provide quality of life in the paediatric patients. Undoubtedly, "the less is more" even when we have to encounter obstructive ureterohydronephrosis in children. Herein, we present a short case series where the endoscopic management of obstructive uropathies proved to be therapeutic without any need of surgical intervention.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19378688
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Pan African Medical Journal
Accession number :
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