Endopyelotomy: 6 years of experience
González de Garibay, A.M.; Jiménez Calvo, J.; Millán Serrano, J.A.; Garrón Aoiz, L.; Montesino Semper, M.; Sebastián Borruel, J.L.
Archivos Espanoles de Urologia 47(6): 609-614
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0614 PMID: 7944604 Document Number: 425753
From January, 1988 to December, 1993, we have performed 35 percutaneous endopyelotomy procedures; 100 had acquired and 25 had congenital stricture. The UPJ was cut posterolaterally with an electric device in 34 cases. The mean follow up was 45.6 months. There were 6 failures (17.1%) that were resolved with the Anderson-Hynes technique (5 cases) and nephrectomy (1 case). There was 1 intraoperative complication (2.86%), a lesion to the accessory inferior pole artery that required open surgery. However, 80% of the cases were successfully treated by endourological techniques.