123
11–14 APRIL, 2018, HELSINKI, FINLAND
S15: OBSTRUCTION &
HYDRONEPHROSIS 2
Moderators: Anthony Herndon (USA), Alex Turner (UK)
ESPU Meeting on Friday 13, April 2018, 10:16–10:50
10:16–10:19
S15-1 (PP)
OUTCOMES FOLLOWING PRIMARY ENDOSCOPIC
DECOMPRESSION OF DUPLEX SYSTEM URETEROCELE
AND PREDICTORS OF LONGTERM SYMPTOMOLOGY
Caroline Mary MACDONALD
1
, Robert SMALL
2
, Martyn FLETT
2
, Salvatore
CASCIO
2
and Stuart O'TOOLE
2
1) The Royal Hospital for Children, Paediatric Surgery, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM - 2) The Royal Hospital
for Children, Paediatric Urology, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM
PURPOSE
Advocates of primary endoscopic decompression (PED) and upper tract or primary reconstructive
surgeries for duplex system ureterocele (DSU) quote rates of reoperation as evidence to support
surgical preference. We aim to report long-term functional and symptomatic outcomes following
PED and perform analysis to predict outcomes.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
We performed a retrospective review of all children with DSU between 2004–2014, with minimum
2.5 years follow up. We perform ‘selective’ PED and follow up surgery based on symptomology.
Demographic and diagnostic variables were collected including: antenatal diagnosis, age at pres-
entation and surgery, weight, comorbidity, VUR status, bladder dysfunction, intra/extravesicular,
hydroureteronephrosis and upper pole function. Primary outcomes were: successful PED, worsen-
ing moiety function, further surgery indicated (FSI), voiding dysfunction (VD) and treatment free
status (TFS). Demographic and diagnostic variables were compared with primary outcomes to test
association (chi
2
and spearman rho correlation).
RESULTS
We identified 41 cases of DSU, with a 77 % successful PED decompression rate. At mean follow
up 6 years (range 2.5–10.2): 17.1 % showed worsened renal function, 63.4 % required FSI and
36.6 % had some VD but overall 61.5 % were treatment free.
We compared the data before and after 2011, when routine fetal anomaly scanning was introduced,
and showed association only with improved TFS (42 % vs 80 % p=0.02) at 8.5 and 4.1 years follow
up respectively. Presentation in urosepsis was associated with later VD, female sex with FSI (OR
13.7 p=0.001) and lower TFS, and earlier age of intervention with VD and lower TFS.
CONCLUSIONS
DUS is associated with long-term ongoing treatment in 38.5 % but this improves with time.
Predictors of symptomology include female sex, presenting in urosepsis and earlier age of surgical
intervention.