Friday, February, 10, 2012

Chronic unilateral obstructive uropathy

Table of Contents

Alternative Names

Ureteral obstruction - chronic; Obstructive uropathy - unilateral - chronic


Treatment

The goal of treatment is to reduce or remove the blockage.

Stents or drains placed in the ureter or in the renal pelvis may provide short-term relief of symptoms.

A nephrostomy tube, which drains urine from the kidney through the back, may be used to relieve the blockage.

Surgery to repair the underlying cause will usually correct the blockage.


Support Groups


Expectations (prognosis)

This condition damages the structures of the urinary tract. It may result in permanent damage to the kidney. If only one kidney is involved, the other kidney usually continues to work, and kidney failure or insufficiency does not occur.


Complications
  • Chronic or recurrent urinary tract infection
  • High blood pressure
  • Permanent failure of the affected kidney (chronic kidney failure)

Calling your health care provider

Call your doctor if you have flank pain or other symptoms of chronic unilateral obstructive uropathy.

If you have already been diagnosed with this condition, call your health care provider if symptoms worsen or persist despite treatment, or if new symptoms develop.


Review Date: 03/22/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; Scott Miller, MD, Urologist in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)