Management of Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction: Difference between revisions
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*#'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Higher risk of failure than pyeloplasty</span>'''. | *#'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Higher risk of failure than pyeloplasty</span>'''. | ||
*#*'''Patients should be counseled that the success rate of any endourologic approach may be less than that of formal reconstruction.''' | *#*'''Patients should be counseled that the success rate of any endourologic approach may be less than that of formal reconstruction.''' | ||
*# | *#** Success rates approach 85-90% for percutaneous endopyelotomy. | ||
*#'''Requires taking into account the degree of hydronephrosis, ipsilateral renal function, concomitant calculi, and possibly the presence of crossing vessels,''' whereas pyeloplasty (open, laparoscopic, or robotic) can be applied to almost any anatomic variation of UPJO | *#'''Requires taking into account the degree of hydronephrosis, ipsilateral renal function, concomitant calculi, and possibly the presence of crossing vessels,''' whereas pyeloplasty (open, laparoscopic, or robotic) can be applied to almost any anatomic variation of UPJO | ||
*#* '''Moderate to severe hydronephrosis is most predictive of failure after percutaneous endopyelotomy''' | *#* '''Moderate to severe hydronephrosis is most predictive of failure after percutaneous endopyelotomy''' | ||