MANAGEMENT OF ECTOPIC URETEROCELE ASSOCIATED WITH RENAL DUPLICATION: A COMPARISON OF PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY AND ENDOSCOPIC DECOMPRESSION

Abstract

In patients with an ectopic ureterocele and no vesicoureteral reflux partial nephrectomy should be considered the treatment of choice. However, when the initial cystogram reveals vesicoureteral reflux, partial nephrectomy and endoscopic ureterocele decompression have identical definitive cure rates of only 16%. The majority of the latter patients require continued observation and/or additional surgery for managing persistent reflux.