Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction is Safe and Effective in Children With End Stage Renal Disease
- 1 October 2003
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 170 (4 Part 2), 1497-1500
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000084386.63639.25
Abstract
Purpose: Congenital urinary tract anomalies with bladder dysfunction pose a formidable management challenge in children with end stage renal disease (ESRD). We report a series of patients with ESRD who underwent lower urinary tract reconstruction to assess the results and surgical complications. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with ESRD who underwent urinary reconstruction. The etiology for renal failure included posterior urethral valves, cloacal anomalies, VATER syndrome and reflux nephropathy. Results: From 1989 to 2000, 20 patients were identified. Median patient age at time of reconstruction was 4.5 years and median followup was 7.3 years. Pre-transplant augmentation cystoplasty was performed in 14 patients (70%) and continent reconstruction without bladder augmentation was performed in 6 patients. Subsequent renal transplant was performed in 19 patients (15 with a living related donor). Overall patient survival was 95%. There was 1 death in the immediate post-transplant period secondary to cerebral edema thought to be due to a precipitous decrease in blood urea nitrogen. The overall graft survival rate is 82%. No patients lost grafts due to infection or technical complications. All patients have stable upper tracts, and mean creatinine is 1.2 mg/dl. Three patients required major surgery due to complications of the reconstruction and 2 treated with gastrocystoplasty had severe hematuria while anuric before transplantation. All patients are continent of urine. Conclusions: Our long-term data confirm that severe bladder dysfunction can be managed safely and effectively with continent urinary reconstruction in children with ESRD.Keywords
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