Scintigraphic renal function after unilateral pyeloplasty in children: A systematic review

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 862-868

  Castagnetti, Marco ^a   Novara, Giacomo ^b   Beniamin, Francesco ^a   Vezzú, Beatrice ^a   Rigamonti, Waifro ^a   Artibani, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Hydronephrosis; Pelvi ureteric junction obstruction; Pyeloplasty; Radioisotope renography; Renal function

Indexed keywords

IODOHIPPURATE SODIUM I 123; PENTETIC ACID; SUCCIMER;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 50949118488     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07597.x     Document Type: Article

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