We reviewed our management of children with uretero pelvic Junction stenosis due to various pathology in a series of 30 Hydronephrotic kidneys in 27child­ren from 1359 till 1365 in pediatric Surgery Ward to Taleghany Medical Center. The common presenting feature is abdominal mass up to one year age and loin or abdominal pain nucturia was the most frequent complain in older children. The conditi...

background ureteral stents are widely used in many urologic practices. however, stents can cause significant complications including migration, fragmentation, and encrustation and it may possibly be forgotten. successful management of a retained, encrusted stent requires combined endourological approaches. objectives to present our experience with the approaches for treating forgotten ureteral ...

A 21 year-old male underwent nephrostomy tube insertion for hydronephrosis due to a large para-aortic adenopathy of a testicular tumor. In order to reduce infections during chemotherapy, a ureteral stent was placed. While removing the nephrostomy tube, a pulsatile bleeding was found and a renal angiography was done. A pseudoaneurysm of his first left lumbar (L1) artery communicating with the ne...

An 87-year-old man undergoing radical cystectomy and bilateral nephrostomy visited our hospital 19 days postoperatively because of a lack of urine flow from the left 14-Fr Malecot nephrostomy catheter. The catheter was apparently firmly anchored to the kidney, and an attempt to reposition the catheter failed. Three-dimensional computed tomography volume rendering indicated a deformity of the le...

Acute gastroenteritis with viral infection in infants causes severe diarrhea and often results in acute renal failure due to severe dehydration. However, a viral infection, particularly rotavirus, rarely induces postrenal failure due to bilateral stones in infants. Herein, we report three cases of postrenal failure in infants due to bilateral ureteral stones induced by acute gastroenteritis wit...

Obstructive nephropathy is a term describing the damage to the renal parenchyma that results from the obstruction to the flow of urine anywhere along the urinary system. Long term obstruction causes chronic renal disease. Obstruction coexisting with infection and impaired renal function, when complicated by elevated temperature and leukocytosis that can lead to septic shock, are an absolute ind...

Aim. To report a unique case of retroperitoneal urinoma extending to the scrotum through the spermatic cord and successfully treated with nephrostomy, drainage, and gracilis muscle flap.