Is routine renography required after pyeloplasty?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1128-1133

  Almodhen, Fayez ^a   Jednak, Roman ^a   Capolicchio, John Paul ^a   Eassa, Waleed ^a   Brzezinski, Alex ^a   El Sherbiny, Mohamed ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydronephrosis; kidney; radioisotope renography; ureteral obstruction; urologic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RADIOLOGIST; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; KIDNEY PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCINTISCANNING; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 77956643399     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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