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U/L HYDRONEPHROSIS: CAUSES
🧠⚡PACT-U ⚡

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  1. PUJ obstruction
    ✨ Congenital
    ✨ Acquired
  2. Aberrent Renal Vessels
  3. Calculi (Renal Stones)
  4. Transitional Cell Cancer of Renal Pelvis
  5. Tumours of Renal Pelvis
  6. Ureterocele
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⚡⚡ MOST COMMON CAUSE of ACQUIRED HYDRONEPHROSIS

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Renal Stones

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⚡⚡ MOST COMMON CONGENITAL CAUSE OF U/L HYDRONEPHROSIS

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PUJ OBSTRUCTION

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U/L HYDRONEPHROSIS: INTRALUMINAL CAUSES

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  1. Stones
  2. Sloughed papilla (Papillary Necrosis)
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U/L HYDRONEPHROSIS: INTRAMURAL CAUSES (Inside wall)

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  1. PUJ Obstruction
  2. Ureterocele
  3. Inflammatory STRICTURES
  4. NEOPLASMS
    ✨ Ureter
    ✨ Bladder Cancer
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U/L HYDRONEPHROSIS: EXTRA-LUMINAL CAUSES

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  1. Aberrant RENAL VESSELS
  2. Advanced Cancers from adjacent sites:
    ✨ Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma
    ✨ Uterine Cancer
    ✨ Ca CERVIX
    ✨ CA COLON
    ✨ CA PROSTATE
    ✨ CA RECTUM
  3. Retrocaval Ureter
  4. Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
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🩺 IOC for PUJ Obstruction

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MAG3 Scan

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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of SYMPTOMATIC PUJ OBSTRUCTION

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Anderson Hynes Dismembered Pyeloplasty

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Ureterocele meaning

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Dilatation of TERMINAL ENDS of Ureter

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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of Ureterocele

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  1. Excision of Terminal End & Re-implantation of URETER
  2. Endoscopic Surgery
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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of Aberrant Renal Vessels

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Extra Renal Artery
⭐ NEVER CUT ABERRENT VESSELS

PYELOPLASTY

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Identify B

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Retrocaval URETER
⬇️
Right sided URETER goes behind the IVC
IVC will compress the ureter
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U/L HYDRONEPHROSIS

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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of RETROCAVAL URETER

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  1. LATERALIZATION of URETER
    ⬇️ if fails
  2. Resection & Anastamosis (URETERO-URETEROSTOMY)
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Causes of B/L HYDRONEPHROSIS
🧠⚡SUP²ER ⚡

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  1. Stenosis: URETHRA
  2. Urethral Valve: PUV
  3. Prostatic ENLARGEMENT (BPH, Ca Prostate)
  4. Phimosis
  5. Extensive Bladder TUMOUR
  6. Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
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Ormond’s DISEASE

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Synonyms of RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS

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Causes of RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS
🧠⚡DSLA⚡

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  1. Drugs
    ✨ Methysergide
    ✨ Bromocriptine
    ✨ Methyl DOPA
    ✨ Beta blockers
  2. SMOKING
  3. LYMPHOMA
  4. AUTOIMMUNE: IgG4 Related Disorders
  5. Post Radiotherapy
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1st STRUCTURE TO BE INVOLVED IN RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS

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⭐ In RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS, BOTH URETERS _____________

⭐ In SOFT TISSUE SRACOMA, BOTH URETERS _____________

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⭐ In RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS, BOTH URETERS _____________
🎯 COMES CLOSE TO EACH OTHER

⭐ In SOFT TISSUE SRACOMA, BOTH URETERS _____________
🎯 DIVERGE FROM EACH OTHER

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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of HYDRONEPHROSIS in RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS

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✨ Double J stent (DJ STENT)
✨ Steroids
✨ 💊💉 MANAGEMENT of 1° CAUSE

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Renal ISOTOPE SCANS

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  1. DMSA
  2. DTPA
  3. MAG3
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DMSA SCAN helps to assess
🧠⚡S ⚡

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Scarring & Structure of Kidney

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Function of the KIDNEY can be determined by which isotope scans

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  1. DTPA
  2. MAG3 (BEST)
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FINDINGS of MAG3 SCAN

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  1. Total GFR
  2. Differential GFR (GFR of each KIDNEY)
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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of HYDRONEPHROSIS ⭐ Hydronephrotic Kidney contributes > 20% to TOTAL GFR ⭐ Hydronephrotic Kidney contributes 10-20% to TOTAL GFR ⭐ Hydronephrotic Kidney contributes < 10% to TOTAL GFR
⭐ Hydronephrotic Kidney contributes > 20% to TOTAL GFR 🎯 SAVE THE KIDNEY: Manage 1° Abnormalities ⭐ Hydronephrotic Kidney contributes 10-20% to TOTAL GFR 🎯 NEPHROSTOMY ⬇️ ✨ If Function IMPROVES ➡️ SAVE Kidney ✨ If Function does not IMPROVES ➡️ NEPHRECTOMY ⭐ Hydronephrotic Kidney contributes < 10% to TOTAL GFR 🎯 NEPHRECTOMY
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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of HYDRONEPHROSIS
⭐ Hydronephrotic Kidney contributes > 20% to TOTAL GFR 🎯 SAVE THE KIDNEY: Manage 1° Abnormalities
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Identify
NEPHROSTOMY ⬇️ Artificial opening created between the kidney and the skin which allows for the urinary diversion directly from the upper part of the urinary system
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VESICOURETERIC REFLUX (VUR) Gender predominance
⭐ < 3 months: ♂️ > ♀️ ⭐ > 3 months: ♀️ > ♂️
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🩺 IOC for VUR
MCU (MICTURATING CYSTOURETHROGRAM)
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Grading of VUR 🧠⚡NUDGE ⚡
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🧑🏻‍⚕️ Clinical Features of VUR
RECURRENT UTI ➕ Pain Fever Renal Scarring
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COMPLICATIONS of VUR
1. Chronic Pyelonephritis 2. Hypertension
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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of VUR
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HIT & STING PROCEDURES are used for
Endoscopic MANAGEMENT OF VUR
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Lead Better Politano Technique used for
Ureter REIMPLANTATION

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