[Treatment of ureteral stricture using balloon dilatation]

Balloon dilatation is a new method in endourological treatment of diseases of the urogenital system. Personal experience is recorded with the treatment of ureter strictures by balloon dilatation. Thirteen patients were treated. In 10 the strictures were congenital and in 3 acquired. Fifteen dilatations on the pyeloureteral segment and the distal portion of the ureter were performed. The method is practicable, low traumatic and is well tolerated by the patients. The limited experience does not allow general inferences to be made for the early and late results of application of balloon dilatation. Its advantages however allow to recommend its wide acceptance for treatment of strictures of the ureter in all of its segments.