URETEROPELVIC OBSTRUCTIONS: SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT

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Often the sole manifestation of an obstructive renal syndrome may be a digestive upset with no urinary symptoms. The common nerve supply of the kidneys and the intestinal tract is well understood, and any renal irritation frequently results in indigestion, flatulence and nausea, yet this fact is often overlooked, particularly in the absence of symptoms attracting attention to the kidney. Also, it is too frequently stated that, since the urine is normal, the kidneys cannot be considered as the possible cause of gastrointestinal symptoms. Many serious urologic lesions may exist even when the urine is normal. The principles of thetreatment for partial obstruction at the ureteropelvic junction are being more universally recognized by urologists. Successful repair of this deformity, with resultant conservation of renal tissue, is often accomplished, and yet the general medical profession is not wholly aware of these improvements. Formerly, kidneys with ureteropelvic obstruction and varying degrees of

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