An alternative grading system to refine the criteria for severity of hydronephrosis and optimal treatment guidelines in neonates with primary UPJ-type hydronephrosis

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-205

  Onen, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Follow up; Grading; Hydronephrosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELOPLASTY; RENOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 34247555466     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Koff S.A., and Campbell D. The nonoperative management of unilateral neonatal hydronephrosis: natural history of poorly functioning kidneys. J Urol 152 (1994) 593-595
2. Ulman I., Jayanthi V.R., and Koff S.A. The long-term follow up of newborns with severe unilateral hydronephrosis initially treated non-operatively. J Urol 164 (2000) 1101-1105
3. Ransley P.G., Dhillon H.K., Gordon I., Duffy P.G., Dillon M.J., and Barratt T.M. The postnatal management of hydronephrosis diagnosed by prenatal ultrasound. J Urol 144 (1990) 584-587
4. Bajpai M., and Chandrasekharam V.V.S.S. Nonoperative management of neonatal moderate to severe bilateral hydronephrosis. J Urol 167 (2002) 662-665
5. Önen A., Jayanthi V.R., and Koff S.A. Long-term followup of prenatally detected severe bilateral newborn hydronephrosis initially managed nonoperatively. J Urol 168 (2002) 1118-1120
6. Dhillon H.K. Prenatally diagnosed hydronephrosis: the Great Ormond Street experience. Br J Urol 81 (1998) 39-44
7. Gonzales R., and Schimke C.M. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction in infants and children. Pediatric Clin North Am 48 (2001) 1505-1517
8. Önen A. The natural history and therapeutic approach of antenatally diagnosed primary UPJ-type hydronephrosis. Turk J Pediatr Surg 20 (2006) 33-38
9. Tapia J., and Gonzalez R. Pyeloplasty improves renal function and somatic growth in children with ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J Urol 154 (1995) 218
10. Tripp B.M., and Homsy Y.L. Neonatal hydronephrosis-the controversy and the management. Pediatr Nephrol 9 (1995) 503
11. Fernbach S.K., Maizels M., and Conway J.J. Ultrasound grading of hydronephrosis: Introduction to the system used by the Society for Fetal Urology. Pediatr Radiol 23 (1993) 478
12. Josephson S., Dhillon H.K., and Ransley P.G. Postnatal management of antenatally detected bilateral hydronephrosis. Urol Int 51 (1993) 79
13. Onen A. Neonatal hydronephrosis. In: Onen A. (Ed). Pediatric surgery and urology (2006), Nobel Tip Kitapevi, Istanbul 345-365
14. Koff S.A. Neonatal management of unilateral hydronephrosis: Role for delayed intervention. Urol Clin North Am 25 (1998) 181-189
15. Chertin B., Rolle U., Farkas A., and Puri P. Does delaying pyeloplasty affect renal function in children with a prenatal diagnosis of pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction?. BJU Int 90 (2002) 72-75
16. Palmer L.S., Maizels M., Cartwright P.C., et al. Surgery versus observation for managing obstructive grade 3 to 4 unilateral hydronephrosis: a report from the Society for Fetal Urology. J Urol 159 (1998) 222-228
17. Chertin B., Fridmans A., Knizhnik M., Hadas-Halpern I., Hain D., and Farkas A. Does early detection of uerteropelvic junction obstruction improve surgical outcome in terms of renal function?. J Urol 162 (1999) 1037-1041
18. Chertin B., Pollack A., Koulikov D., Rabinowitz R., Hain D., Hadas-Halpren I., et al. Conservative treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children with antenatal diagnosis of hydronephrosis: Lessons learned after 16 years of follow up. Eur Urol 49 (2006) 734-739
19. King L.R., Coughlin P.W., Bloch E.C., et al. The case for immediate pyeloplasty in the neonate with uretero-pelvic junction obstruction. J Urol 132 (1984) 725-728
20. Hafez A.T., McLorie G., Bagli D., and Khoury A. Analysis of trends on serial ultrasound for high grade neonatal hydronephrosis. J Urol 168 (2002) 1518-1521
21. Peters C.A. Lower urinary tract obstruction: clinical and experimental aspects. Br J Urol 81 (1998) 22-25
22. Cornford P.A., and Rickwood A.M. Functional results of pyeloplasty in patients with antenatally diagnosed pelviureteric obstruction. Br J Urol 81 (1998) 152
23. O'Reilly P.H., Brooman P.J., Mak S., et al. The long-term results of Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty. BJU Int 87 (2001) 287-291
24. Psooy K., Pike J.G., and Leonard M.P. Long-term follow up of pediatric dismembered pyeloplasty: how long is long enough. J Urol 169 (2003) 1809-1811