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[Ureteral ectopia as a cause of urinary incontinence in girls]
M Alaminos Mingorance1, R Fernández Valadés, A Ruiz Montes
1Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica. Hospital Materno-Infantil, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada. miguel@eez.csic.es
Anales Espanoles De Pediatria
|December 4, 2001
Abstract:
The prevalence of ureteral ectopia is low and it is usually associated with pyeloureteral duplication. In these cases, incontinence is frequent. We present the cases of five female patients treated in our hospital for urinary incontinence due to ureteral ectopia and duplicity. The ectopic ureter reached the uterus in three patients and the vagina in the remaining two. The treatment chosen was heminephroureterectomy due to the presence of hypofunctional or dysplastic segments. Incontinence disappeared after surgery.