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.
| Pathology | Number of renal units | Procedure | Number of renal units interested (%) | UC collapses after puncture | VUR resolved or downgraded | Secondary VUR after UC puncture | Secondary surgery |
| DS-UC | 10 | Puncture | 9 (90) | — | 5 (50) | 5 (50) | DS-UC-VUR | 23 | Puncture & Deflux injection | 23 (100) | 11 (48) | 8 (35) | 13 (57) | DS-VUR | 23 | Deflux injection | — | 18 (78) | — | 5 (22) | Total | 56 | — | 32/33 (97) | 29/46 (63)a | 13/33 (39) | 23/56 (41) |
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a2 Deflux injections were performed in 6 patients; DS: duplicated renal system; UC: ureterocele; VUR: vesicoureteral reflux.
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