... of preoperative double-J stent (DJ) in pyeloplasty patients on perioperative complications, recurrence, and quality of life (QoL). Methods: Pyeloplasties due to ureteropelvic junction obstructions between January 2010 and December 2020 were consecutively identified. A standardized follow-up questionnaire was used...

... as a predictive factor for the determination of success rate of pyeloplasty. Despite the lack of any evidence for the degree of deficiency as an indicator for the severity of obstruction and prediction of surgical success, further studies are needed for confirmation. © 2021 S. Karger AG, Basel 2021...

...Sinharib Citgez; Cetin Demirdag; Oktay Ozman; Sami Berk Ozden; Engin Derekoylu; Bulent Onal Introduction: To compare the effect of a modified antegrade and retrograde double-J stenting techniques on stenting and operation time in patients who underwent laparoscopic or robotic pyeloplasty. Methods...

...Peng Hong; Guangpu Ding; Dongdong Zhu; Kunlin Yang; Jinhong Pan; Xuesong Li; Zhipeng Chen; Lei Zhang; Qi Tang; Han Hao; Zhansong Zhou; Liqun Zhou Objective: To compare the outcomes of modified laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LP) and robot-assisted pyeloplasty (RLP) for ureteropelvic junction obstruction...

...Dapeng Jiang; Zhoutong Chen; Houwei Lin; Maosheng Xu; Hongquan Geng Objectives: This study was performed to analyze the predictive factors of a contralateral operation after initial pyeloplasty in patients with antenatally detected bilateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Methods: Patients...

...Xiao-Dong Li; Yu-Peng Wu; Yong Wei; Shao-Hao Chen; Qing-Shui Zheng; Hai Cai; Xue-Yi Xue; Ning Xu Background: This study aimed to identify factors predicting the recoverability of renal function after pyeloplasty in adult patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Methods: We retrospectively...

...Halil Ciftci; Yigit Akin; Murat Savas; Ercan Yeni Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term functional outcomes of laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LP) in children for consecutive cases of single institute. Materials and Methods: Our laparoscopy database was investigated for children...

... nonrandomized study included all patients who underwent pyeloplasty between 2010 and 2012. All of the patients had completed at least 6 months of follow-up and preoperative and postoperative USG imaging data were available. The primary outcome was the correlation between USG and diuretic scintigraphic...

...Ahmed M. Harraz; Diaa-Eldin Taha; Ibrahim Shalaby; Ashraf T. Hafez Aim: To analyze the status of renal function after pyeloplasty in a large contemporary adult series and to detect which variables predict improvement of renal function. Materials and Methods: 85 adult patients were retrospectively...

... as standard equipment. Patients and Methods: 30 patients underwent reconstructive and oncological LESS: mini-laparoscopic-assisted LESS pyeloplasty (LESS-P, n = 18), mini-laparoscopic-assisted LESS partial nephrectomy (LESS-PN, n = 7) or mini-laparoscopic-assisted LESS radical prostatectomy (LESS-RP, n = 5...

...Sun-Ouck Kim; Ho Song Yu; In Sang Hwang; Eu Chang Hwang; Taek Won Kang; Dongdeuk Kwon Objective: We compared renal function before and after pyeloplasty in children with unilateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) according to the children's age. Methods: We reviewed the medical records...

...Wael Y. Khoder; Raphaela Waidelich; Armin J. Becker; Alexander Karl; Nicolas Haseke; Ricarda M. Bauer; Christian G. Stief; Alexander Bachmann; Nicole Ebinger Mundorff Purpose: To report postoperative health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and patients' subjective evaluations of open pyeloplasty (OP...

... is preferable during the learning curve period at two different urologic centers. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 50 consecutive laparoscopic pyeloplasties performed by two urologists from different urologic centers during their learning curve period in laparoscopy. Each surgeon used...

... present our experience of laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty and compare clinical outcomes of two different suture techniques. Methods: From September 2003 to June 2010, 105 laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasties were performed in our department. All procedures were done using the retroperitoneal...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Endopyelotomy Ureteropelvic junction obstruction Endoscopic renal surgery Pyeloplasty...

...Ejvind Underbjerg Poulsen; Hans Jørgen Kirkeby; Troels Munch-Jørgensen; Benni Nerstrøm; Jens Mortensen Sixty-seven patients, aged 3–71 years, with primary hydronephrosis were operated at our department during a 5-year period. All patients had Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty. The primary clinical result...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Retrocaval ureter Situs inversus Unilateral renal agenesis Ureteroplasty Pyeloplasty Urol. int. 29: 69-80(1974...

...Aneesh Srivastava; Pratipal Singh; Ruchir Maheshwari; Mohd S. Ansari; Deepak Dubey; Rakesh Kapoor; Anant Kumar; Anil Mandhani Objective: To report the safety, efficacy and versatility of laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LPP) in treatment of pelviureteric junction obstruction (PUJO). Patients and Methods...

... with ureteropelvic junction obstruction, 2 with nonfunctioning kidney and 2 with pelvic stones were selected. These patients underwent dismembered pyeloplasty, simple nephrectomy and pyelolithotomy by laparoscopic approach. For pyeloplasty, omitting the prior retrograde stent facilitated dissection around the pelvis...

...Temucin Senkul; Zafer Kucukodaci; Cuneyt Iseri; Kenan Karademir; Dogan Erden; Huseyin Baloglu; Yavuz Narin Introduction: Patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction occasionally remain undiagnosed until adulthood. There are no objective criteria to predict the results of pyeloplasty in adult...