ABSTRACT
The anatomic, hydrodynamic, functional, and pathologic changes associated with unilateral internal ureteral stenting were evaluated in 20 female canines. Selective glomerular filtration rates (GFR) were measured with technetium 99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) renal scans (N = 14) prior to and several weeks after unilateral internal stent placement. Cystometry and cystography were done at weekly intervals to determine if reflux occurred and to measure the intravesical pressure to produce this reflux (N = 16). Ureteral lumenal capacities of mid 6-cm ureteral segments of stented and unstented ureters were compared. The mid-ureteral lumenal volumes were three times greater in the stented ureters (p < 0.002). There were no significant differences in the selective GFR before and after stenting. Low-pressure vesicoureteral reflux occurred at a mean intravesical pressure of 13.7 cm of water and was present in 84.6 percent (11/13) of the canines whose stents did not migrate or obstruct from encrustation. There were no significant alterations in serum chemistries or blood counts. Fluoroscopic imaging also showed ineffective ureteral peristalsis. This study confirms that internal ureteral stents cause vesicoureteral reflux and significant lumenal dilation without altering renal function.
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Stents/adverse effects , Ureter , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/etiology , Animals , Dogs , Female , Glomerular Filtration Rate , Radiography , Radioisotope Renography , Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate , Ureter/pathology , Ureter/physiopathology , Urodynamics/physiology , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/diagnostic imagingSubject(s)
Adenoma, Islet Cell/diagnosis , Pancreatic Neoplasms/diagnosis , Radionuclide Imaging , Selenium , Adenoma/diagnosis , Adenoma, Islet Cell/surgery , Aged , Female , Humans , Hypoglycemia/etiology , Laparotomy , Methionine , Pancreatic Neoplasms/surgery , Postoperative Complications , RadioisotopesABSTRACT
Retrospective evaluation of indication and technical procedure and its value in sonography of 110 patients with jaundice. A correct diagnosis (by ultrasound) of hepatogenic jaundice was made in 36/38 patients (94%) and of obstructive jaundice in 69/72 patients (96%). In additional 31/72 patients (43%) ultrasound gave important diagnostic clues by demonstrating dilated bile ducts as well as the location of obstruction. For verification and for the demonstration of morphologic changes, sonographically guided fine needle aspiration puncture, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography with a fine puncture neede (Chiba-needle) and ERCP are indicated.