Maintaining quality of life after palliative diversion for malignant ureteral obstruction.

Urologic Radiology
D M MarkowitzE C Martin

Abstract

The records of 71 consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous nephrostomy for malignant ureteral obstruction were reviewed. The average post-nephrostomy survival time was seven months, of which 25% was spent in the hospital. When comparing these figures to older studies of open nephrostomy, the percutaneous procedure is associated with less morbidity and an increased percentage of time spent at home (75% compared to 36%). Long-term survival, however, is still poor, with only 25% of patients alive at one year. We suggest that the criteria previously adopted for open nephrostomy generally remain appropriate for patients being considered for percutaneous urinary diversion.

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