Abstract

Over a ten-year period, of more than 1,000 children whose primary vesicoureteral reflux was treated surgically, there were 54 children with 80 single ureters which were massively dilated. Primary reconstruction with ureteral tailoring was done in 25 ureters with a success rate of 92 per cent. Forty-five ureters were temporarily diverted because of uncontrolled infection and/or azotemia. In almost half of these instances, temporary diversion resulted in improvement in ureteral caliber to such an extent that nontailored reimplantation could be performed with a success rate of 87 per cent. Six kidneys were removed and four have been maintained in the diverted state with severe renal dysplasia. Eighty-eight per cent of the refluxing megaureters were reconstructed with a success rate of 89 per cent.

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