The management of giant hydronephrosis depends on the presence or absence of sepsis, and on residual renal function in the obstructed kidney and the contra-lateral renal unit. Sepsis warrants urgent ...

In children with prenatal hydronephrosis, hydroureter was associated with an increased risk for urinary tract infections (UTIs), whereas the severity of hydronephrosis was not. Researchers conducted a ...

Antenatal hydronephrosis, defined as dilation of the fetal renal collecting system detected by routine obstetric ultrasound, affects around 1–4 % of pregnancies and presents a spectrum from transient ...

A healthy G1P1 28-year-old woman delivers a healthy baby girl. A routine third trimester fetal ultrasound exam revealed that the infant had moderate-severe antenatal hydronephrosis, and urology is ...

Ureteral stents are widely used to relieve obstruction and protect kidney function, but they can also become blocked, triggering hydronephrosis and prolonged elevation of intrarenal pressure that may ...