BONE CHANGES FOLLOWING URETEROILEOSTOMY

Authors :: David F. Frank
Emanuel J. Levin
Source :: American Journal of Roentgenology. 118:347-355
Publication Year :: 1973
Publisher :: American Roentgen Ray Society, 1973.
Abstract: Two cases are reported showing development of deformities identical with rickets in patients with ureterosigmoidostomies.The basic mechanism involved is believed to be hyperchloremic acidosis.The condition was ameliorated under alkali therapy and substitution of ureteroileostomy for ureterosigmoidostomy.

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