Value of ureteric visualization in management of patients with hydrouretero nephrosis

ABSTRACT

The surgical management of hydro-ureteronephrosis depends on many factors including the site and aetiology of obstruction as well as residual kidney function in a retrospection study of 80 cases of hydro-ureteronephrosis due to obstruction, simple strictures were found in 26 cases, stones in 50 cases and ureteral tumours in 4 patients. The value of visualizing the ureter in patients with poor kidney function or non-functioning kidneys is of utmost importance for proper management in these patients especially if the cause of obstruction is due to malignant aetiology