A Comparative Study of Excretory Urography and Renal Angiography on Blunt Renal Trauma / 대한비뇨기과학회지

10 patients with blunt renal trauma have been studied and compared by the excretory urography and renal angiography in the Department of Urology, National Medical Center, Seoul, during the period of January 1976 through June 1977. The following results were obtained: 1) Renal angiography is a more specific diagnostic procedure than the excretory urography in detailing the extent of injury. And it provides more opportunity of a high salvage rate of injured kidney. 2) In a normal excretory urography, renal angiography need not do in deciding surgical management of renal injury. 3) The result of positive renal angiograms was especially great in patients showing any of the following urographic abnormalities; non-or poor visualization and extravasation of contrast media. 4) Surgical intervention was done in only one patient of renal thrombosis.

Urogenital Injuries: Review of 80 Cases of In-patient / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on the in-patient of injuries of genito-urinary tract in the Department of Urology, National Medical Center during the period from January, l97l to December, l976. The results were following: 1) Of 984 cases hospitalized, 80 cases were injury of genitourinary tract, giving a ratio of 8.1%. 2) Traffic accidents was the most frequent causes of the injury (SO.O%) and the next was fal1 down, iatrogenic, kick and blow etc. 3) The urethra was involved in the injuries in 29.0%, the bladder in 27.8% the kidney in 23.3%, external genitalia in 13.3%, ureter in 6.6%. 4) Average admission date of each organ was following: the longest organ was urethra (42. 9 days). the next were ureter. bladder. kidney. externa1 genitalia. 5) The age ranged from 5 years to 69 years. the most prevalent age range was 3rd decade (27.5%) and the next was 4th decade (23.8%)

A Case of Retrocaval Ureter / 대한비뇨기과학회지

This rare venous congenital anomaly has been diagnosed preoperatively in a 24-year-old female with complaints of the right flank and low back pain, and urinary frequency. In the I. V. P. the dilated upper right ureter forms a reversed "J" appearance. The right R.G.P. shows the "S"-shaped course of the ureter. The vena cavogram discloses crossing with the right R. G. P. at L3-4 intervertebral space level. 2.5cm. of strictured, postcaval segment of ureter is excised and end-to-end oblique anastomosis is done over splinting ureteral catheter. 4 months after the operation, the I. V. P. shows marked improvement of hydronephrosis and satisfactory drainage of urine compared with the preoperative films.

A Rare Case of Bifid Ureter -O shaped- Diagnosed by Urography / 대한비뇨기과학회지

1) This rare case of unilateral bifid ureter can not be found in the literature. 2) It has been located in the left mid ureter and O shaped in its form nominated O shaped bifid ureter by author 3) It is diagnosed on the basis of the IVP and R.G.P..