A clinical observation was made on 20 ureteral diseases in 17 pediatric patients who had been admitted to the Department of Urology, Hanyang University Hospital, from May 1972 to February 1982, and the following results were obtained.
1. Pediatric patients with ureteral diseases were 17 of 2584 total urologic patients giving a ratio of 0.6%, and of 359 total pediatric patients 4.7%.
2. The preschool children (1 to 6 years of age) were most frequently seen (14.2%). The
proportion of male to female was 3.3:1.
3. The most common disease was congenital UPJ obstruction (60%). The other diseases were UVJ obstruc tion, V-U reflux, ureterocele with complete double ureter subsequently.
4. The most common manifestation included flank pain in 9 cases, fever and chilling in 7 cases, hemturia in 5 cases, gastrointestinal syruptome in 5 cases, palpable mass in 4 cases subsequently.
5. The most common associated disesses were 2 cases of the renal stone in UPJ obstruction.
6. Of the 20 cases, 12 cases underwent dismembered pyeloplasty, 4 cases ureteroneocyst0stomy, 2 cases heminephrectomy with ureterectomy. The remained 2 cases were treated with conservatively.
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