ABSTRACT
The experiences gained in the treatment of four patients with cystic pyeloureteritis are reported, stressing the significance of chronic inflammation in the development of the disease. Diagnostic and differential diagnostic problems are discussed with the conclusion that definitive recovery can be achieved only by radical surgical intervention. Beside this radical solution, the indications of conservative or palliative surgery are discussed. In conservative drug treatment the aimed application of antibiotics and administration of cortisone and vitamins are of great importance.
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Cysts/surgery , Pyelonephritis/surgery , Ureteral Diseases/surgery , Urinary Tract Infections/surgery , Aged , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Kidney/abnormalities , Male , Middle Aged , Papilloma/diagnosis , Pyelonephritis/diagnosis , Ureteral Diseases/complications , Ureteral Diseases/diagnosis , Ureteral Neoplasms/diagnosis , Urinary Tract Infections/diagnosis , UrographySubject(s)
Foreign Bodies/diagnostic imaging , Kidney Pelvis/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Deglutition , Female , Humans , Mental Disorders , Needles , Radiography , SuicideABSTRACT
The case of a young female patient is discussed. The authors removed out of the renal hollow system of this patient a needle. The foreign body passed perorally into the renal pelvis after perforation of the duodenum. There the thicker end of the needle was encrusted; a pyelonephrosis, then a septic condition developed. After removal of the needle the kidney operated on showed a good function.
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Foreign Bodies , Foreign-Body Migration , Kidney Pelvis/surgery , Adult , Esophagus , Female , Humans , Intellectual Disability , Needles , Suicide, AttemptedABSTRACT
High retroperitoneal ligation of the internal spermatic vein has been performed in 30 cases of varicocele. Renospermatic reflux had been demonstrated by preoperative phlebography in every case. Retrograde pressure brought to bear on the spermatic vein from the renal vein has been ascertained by intraoperative measurements of the pressures in the internal spermatic vein. On the ground of the results, high ligation of the spermatic vein is regarded as suitable for the surgical management of varicocele in case of renospermatic reflux.
