Pelviureteric junction obstruction: How much is the extent of the upper ureter with defective innervation needing resection?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1194-1198

  Harish, J ^a   Joshi, K ^a   Rao, K L N ^a,b   Narasimhan, K L ^a   Samujh, R ^a   Choudhary, S K ^a   Mahajan, J K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PGI   (India)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; Immunohistochemistry; Pelviureteric junction obstruction; Polyclonal antibodies; S 100 protein

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ANDERSON HYNE PYELOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; TISSUE SECTION; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0041358895     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00266-5     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Pinter AB, Horvath A, Hrabovszky Z: The relationship of smooth muscle damage to age, severity of pre-operative hydronephrosis and post-operative outcome in obstructive uropathies. Br J Urol 80:227-233, 1997
2. Jewett HJ: Stenosis of the ureteropelvic junction: Congenital and acquired. J Urol 44:247-250, 1940
3. Allen TD: Congenital ureteral strictures. J Urol 104:196-199, 1970
4. Murnaghan GF: The dynamics of the renal pelvis and ureter with reference to congenital hydronephrosis. Br J Urol 30:321-325, 1958
5. Hinman F Jr: The pathophysiology of urinary obstruction, in Campbell MF, Harrison JH, (eds): Urology. (ed 3). Philadelphia, PA, WB Saunders, 1970, p 313-331
6. Rolleston GL, Reay ER: The pelviureteric junction. Br J Radiol 30:617-620, 1957
7. Lich R Jr, Barnes ML: A clinicopathological study of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J Urol 77:382-286, 1957
8. Notley RG: The structural basis for normal and abnormal ureteric motility. The innervation and musculature of the human ureter. Ann R Coll Surg 49:250-254, 1971
9. Hanna MK, Jeffs RD, Sturgess JM, et al: Ureteral structure and ultrastructure. Part II. Congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction and primary obstructive megaureter. J Urol 116:725-730, 1976
10. Gosling JA, Dixon JS: Functional obstruction of the ureter and renal pelvis. A histological and electron microscopic study. Br J Urol 50:145-152, 1978
11. Kaneto H, Orikasa S, Chiba T, et al: Three-D muscular arrangement at the ureteropelvic junction and its changes in congenital hydronephrosis: A strereo-morphometric study. J Urol 146:909-914, 1991
12. Starr NT, Maizels M, Chou P, et al: Microanatomy and morphometry of the hydronephrotic obstructed renal pelvis in asymptomatic infants. J Urol 148:519-524, 1992
13. Tainio H, Kylmala T, Heikkiren A: Peptidergic innervation of normal and obstructed human pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction. Urol Int 48:31-34, 1992
14. Wang Y, Puri P, Hassan J, et al: Abnormal innervation and altered nerve growth factor messenger ribonucleic acid expression in ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J Urol 154:679-683, 1995
15. Murakumo M, Nonomura K, Yamashita T, et al: Structural changes of the collagen components and diminution of nerves in congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J Urol 157:1963-1968, 1997
16. Shafik A, Al-Sherif A: Ureteropelvic junction: A study of its anatomical structure and function. Ureteropelvic junction sphincter? Eur Urol 36:150-157, 1999