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Hi,
Thanks for writing in. Stones in the kidney if less than 4mm pass out spontaneously, but stones larger than this size or even smaller, but symptomatic stones usually require intervention.
In your child’s case there is clear evidence of involvement of the kidney (hydronephrosis) due to obstruction, which may be in form of stone or stricture. Retrograde pyelography is a series of x-rays taken after introduction of dye while doing a cystoscopy, which gives information about renal pelvis, ureters and bladder.
Delaying this procedure will only deteriorate the function of the kidney and delay in treatment.
Best.
got the news and it's not good. she has a stricture at the distal ureter and has scar tissues on the portion close to the renal pelvis. The ureteroscopy last Oct resulted in urinoma which might have cause the scar tissues on the upper part of the ureter. The doctor is now suggesting ureter reimplantation which is scary. What's your opinion of this? can this be resolved by stenting?
Thanks for writing in. Stones in the kidney if less than 4mm pass out spontaneously, but stones larger than this size or even smaller, but symptomatic stones usually require intervention.
In your child’s case there is clear evidence of involvement of the kidney (hydronephrosis) due to obstruction, which may be in form of stone or stricture. Retrograde pyelography is a series of x-rays taken after introduction of dye while doing a cystoscopy, which gives information about renal pelvis, ureters and bladder.
Delaying this procedure will only deteriorate the function of the kidney and delay in treatment.
Best.