Management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children-a roundtable discussion

M Gopal; M Peycelon; A Caldamone; R Chrzan; A El-Ghoneimi; H Olsen; M-D Leclair; A Stillebroer; C MacDonald; U Tonnhofer; C Strasser; A Adam; A-F Spinoit; B Haid

doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.05.010

Management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children-a roundtable discussion

J Pediatr Urol. 2019 Aug;15(4):322-329. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.05.010. Epub 2019 May 16.

Authors

M Gopal¹, M Peycelon², A Caldamone³, R Chrzan⁴, A El-Ghoneimi⁵, H Olsen⁶, M-D Leclair⁷, A Stillebroer⁸, C MacDonald⁹, U Tonnhofer¹⁰, C Strasser¹¹, A Adam¹², A-F Spinoit¹³, B Haid¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Robert-Debré University Hospital (Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris), Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Reference Center for Rare Diseases (CRMR), Malformations Rares des Voies Urinaires (MARVU), Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris CitéParis, France; Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University and Purdue University in Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Urology, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence Rhode Island, USA.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Urology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
⁵ Robert-Debré University Hospital (Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris), Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Reference Center for Rare Diseases (CRMR), Malformations Rares des Voies Urinaires (MARVU), Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris CitéParis, France.
⁶ Department of Urology, Aarhus University Hospital, Arhus, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Children University Hospital, NANTES, France.
⁸ Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
⁹ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
¹¹ Department of Pediatric Urology, Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, Linz, Austria.
¹² The Division of Urology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹³ Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 31227314
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.05.010

Abstract

The investigation, management and follow-up of paediatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction is not standardized. The Young Pediatric Urology Committee of the European Society of Pediatric Urology interviewed five experts in the field on various aspects of management and compared this with published literature.

Keywords: Children; Management; Ureteropelvic junction obstruction.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Disease Management*
Humans
Kidney Pelvis
Laparoscopy / methods*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Ultrasonography
Ureteral Obstruction / diagnosis
Ureteral Obstruction / surgery*
Urologic Surgical Procedures / methods*