Table 1.
Patient | Age | Gravidity/Parity | Preoperative Medications | Preoperative Evaluation (Results) | Location of Obstruction | Postoperative Evaluation | Follow-up Period |
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1 | 28 | 0/0 | Leuprolide acetate (3 mo) | IVP (hydroureter) | Right (distal to pelvic brim) | Normal cystogram, and renal ultrasound | 33 mo |
2 | 48 | 1/1 | None | Pelvic CT (hydronephrosis hydroureter) | Left (distal to pelvic brim) | Normal cystogram, and renal ultrasound | 40 mo |
3 | 35 | 0/0 | None | Antegrade pyelogram (prior nephrostomy) | Left (distal portion) 5-6 cm from bladder dome | Normal cystogram, and renal ultrasound | 40 mo |
4 | 50 | 2/2 | None | Excretory ureterogram (hydronephrosis) | Left (distal portion near urethro-vesical junction) | Normal cystogram, and IVP | 30 mo |
Post ureterolysis extravasation noted in surgery 5 days prior—JP drain in | |||||||
5 | 38 | 4/3 | Leuprolide acetate (8 mo) | IVP (filling defect ureter) | Right (distal to pelvic brim) | Normal cystogram, and IVP | 28 mo |
6 | 37 | 0/0 | Danazol (8 mo) | Pelvic CT (cystic mass, hydronephrosis) | right (proximal to UV junction) | Normal cystogram, and pelvic CT scan | 31 mo |
Retrograde ureterogram (hydroureter) |
*IVP –intravenous pyelogram; CT–computed tomography scan; UV–utererovesical; Mo–months.