[Surgical treatment of patients with renal tuberculosis, complicated by ureteral tuberculosis]
D P Kholtobin1, S Yu Shevchenko1, E V Kulchavenya1,2
1TB Research Institute of Ministry of Health of Russia, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Abstract:
Late diagnosis of renal tuberculosis leads to complications that cannot be eliminated by treatment. A clinical observation of renal tuberculosis, complicated by total ureteral obliteration, in a comorbid patient is presented. He underwent planned bowel substitution of the right ureter. In the postoperative period, pyelonephritis developed, which was resolved by drug therapy. In this case, there is the correct tactics of outpatient urologists. When hydronephrosis was diagnosed, a nephrostomy tube was put, which allowed to preserve the kidney, Then the patient was immediately referred to a phthisiatrician to exclude urogenital tuberculosis. In the local TB dispensary, the patient did not have the opportunity to receive necessary treatment, and he was transferred to the TB Research Institute of Ministry of Health of Russia, where a reconstructive laparoscopic procedure was performed.
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