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Hydronephrosis Learning Center
Treatments could include:
- Urinary Diversion
- Insertion of Ureter...
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Percutaneous Insertion of Nephrostomy Tube
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Treatment of Underlying Disorders
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Treatment and prognosis for unilateral hydronephrosis depend on what is causing the kidney swelling. Treatment may include:
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The obstruction must be relieved, even if it is partial or functional, as in the case of reflux from the bladder. If not, the kidney will ultimately be damaged, infection will appear, or both. The task may be as simple as placing a catheter throug...
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A urinary diversion involves removal of the urinary bladder and adjacent tissues and organs, and re-routing of the urinary stream. This may involve creation of an artificial opening in the abdomen called an ostomy .
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A ureteral stent is a thin, flexible tube threaded into the ureter to help urine drain from the kidney to the bladder or to an external collection system.
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Ureteral stents are thin catheters threaded into segments of the ureter that carry urine, produced by the kidney, either down into the bladder internally, or to an external collection system. Insertion is most often done through the skin (percutan...
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