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KMID : 0358319920330030493
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Korean Journal of Urology
1992 Volume.33 No. 3 p.493 ~ p.497
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Percutaneous Nephrostomy in the Patients with Ureteral Obstruction by Tumor
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Abstract
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We studied clinical results of twenty patients who had ureteral obstruction due to malignant tumor from April 1985 through July 1991, they were managed by percutaneous nephrostomy and could be followed up. The sites of the primary malignancy were
cervix
in 8 patients, bladder in 5, prostate in 2, rectum in 2, and miscellaneous in 3. In this series of 20 patients the average survival was 4.9 months; 11 patients died after discharge, 7 patients died in hospital and now 2 patients are under
chemotherapy.
We consider that preliminary drainage of the obstructed urinary tract by percutaneous nephrostomy will allow the return of reasonale kidney function and also an opportunity for fuller assessment of the patient's malignancy prior to definitive
therapy.
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