Ureteropelvic Junction Stricture due to Aberrant Renal Vessels / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

A clinical observation was made on 10 patients with aberrant renal vessels who had been admitted to the Department of Urology, Ewha Woman's University Hospital during the period from Apr. 1976 to Sept. 1983. The following results were obtained. 1. Conservative treatment and periodical observation were done in 2 cases of aberrant renal vessels of both mild hydronephrosis with intermittent flank pain. 2. Left renal ptosis combined with moderate hydronephrosis revealed in I case of aberrant renal vessels, only nephropexy was done. 3. Right UPJ stricture combined with renal pelvis stone revealed in 1 case of aberrant renal vessels, right pyelolithotomy and nephropexy were done. 4. Horseshoe kidney combined with right renal pelvis stone was treated with isthmectomy, right pyelolithotomy and nephropexy in 1 case of aberrant renal vessels. 5. In 5 cases, RGP revealed UPJ stricture combined with marked hydronephrosis and aberrant renal vessels were discovered during operation. Dismembered pyeloplasty in 3 cases and nephrectomy in 2 cases of severe hydronephrosis were done.