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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 166-168 |
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The use of infant feeding tube as a combined nephrostomy and stent in Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty
TC Oguike
Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City
Correspondence Address:
T C Oguike
Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 17902512 
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OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the usefulness of a small size nasogastric tube as a combined nephrostomy tube and stent in Anderson-Hyne Pyeloplasty. METHOD: Size 6 FG nasogastric tube with two holes made at the midportion, was used in each of 10 consecutive patients who had Anderson-Hypes dismembered pyeloplasty. The distal portion served as stent while the middle perforated portion was situated in the renal pelvis. Through a separate stab wound at the lateral abdominal wall the rest of the tube was brought out. The single tube then served as both a nephrostomy and a splint to the repair. RESULT: In 9 (90%) out of 10 patients, the tube drained significant urine post operatively. When removed six to twelve days later there was no urinary fistula in any of the patients. |
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