Abstract
The experience of 45 patients with 50 ureteroceles is reviewed. The ureteroceles occurred more commonly in females, presented in all age groups, and the commonest symptoms were those of urinary tract infection. The ureteroceles were identified on intravenous urography either as ‘negative’ filling defects in the bladder, or varying degrees of hydroureteronephrosis, and a high incidence of renal duplication was noted. Trans-urethral diathermy incision was effective treatment for 74 per cent of adult ureteroceles; the remaining adult and the paediatric patients requiring a variety of procedures ranging from no treatment to nephroureterectomy.
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