Clinical Study

An all-endo Approach to Complete Ureteral Duplications Complicated by Ureterocele and/or Vesicoureteral Reflux: Feasibility, Limitations, and Results

Table 1

Details of the all-endo treatment approach for duplicated renal unit.

PathologyNumber of renal unitsProcedureNumber of renal units interested (%)
UC collapses after punctureVUR resolved or downgradedSecondary VUR after UC punctureSecondary surgery

DS-UC10Puncture9 (90)5 (50)5 (50)
DS-UC-VUR23Puncture & Deflux injection23 (100)11 (48)8 (35)13 (57)
DS-VUR23Deflux injection18 (78)5 (22)
Total5632/33 (97)29/46 (63)a13/33 (39)23/56 (41)

a2 Deflux injections were performed in 6 patients; DS: duplicated renal system; UC: ureterocele; VUR: vesicoureteral reflux.