Embryology, Treatment, and Outcomes of Ureteroceles in Children
1Urology and Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Urology, Children's National Hospital, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Suite WW-4400, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Abstract:
A ureterocele is a congenital cystic dilatation of the intravesical ureter that may affect either a single system kidney or the upper pole of a duplex system. The position of ureteral orifice correlates with function of associated renal moiety. Ureteroceles associated with good renal function and prompt drainage or ureteroceles associated with no renal function can be managed nonoperatively. Endoscopic puncture of ureteroceles addresses most cases; iatrogenic reflux may rarely require secondary surgery. Robot-assisted laparoscopic upper pole nephroureterectomy and ureteroureterostomy procedures are rarely associated with complications.
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