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LE TRAITEMENT DE LA STENOSE URETERALE D'ORIGINE TUBERCULEUSE PAR SONDE EN "DOUBLE J"
Abstract
Treatment of Ureteral Stricture due to Tuberculosis by a ";Double J"; Catheter
Retrospective Study of 12 Observations
Objective:To precise the clinical features and evaluate the accuracy of treatment by JJ endo-prsthesis associated with antituberculous medications and more or less corticoid treatment. Patients and Methods:From January 1992 to December 2001, 12 patients presenting with ureteral strictures due to tuberculosis were treated by JJ catheter for a mean of 12 months in association with antituberculous medication for 8 months and corticoid treatment in 2 cases. The population included 6 males and 6 females aged 20 – 73 years (mean age: 40 years). Results:The most frequent clinical expressions were pain (66.66%) and haematuria (41.6%). The stricture was unilateral and unifocal in 4 casers, unilateral and bifocal in 3 cases, multifocal in 3 cases. The controlateral kidney was normal in 9 cases and mastic in 3 cases. The stricture was bilateral in 2 cases, located on the right ureter in 6 cases and on the left side in 4 cases. The outcome was favourable in 9 cases with complete disappearance of the stricture in 4 cases, a partial regression of the stricture and the pyelo-calyceal dilatation in 5 cases, while the condition of the remaining 3 cases deteriorated 6 months after removal of the JJ catheter leading to reconstructive surgery using a Boari flap (1 case), a psoas hitch (1 case) and uretero-pelvic junction plastic surgery (1 case). Conclusion:JJ endoprosthesis associated with antituberculous medication is proposed as an alternative treatment to classic surgery. A corticoid treatment used early can be helpful to reduce the stricture.
(Af J Urology: 2003 9(2): 88-93)