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Table 1 Case reports on congenital giant megaureter

From: Unilateral congenital giant megaureter with renal dysplasia compressing contralateral ureter and causing bilateral hydronephrosis: a case report and literature review

Author, year

The number of cases

Age

Treatments

Follow-up

Outcomes

Huang [1], 1987

21

Ranged from 2 months to 8 years

Nephrectomy/heminephrectomy and resection of the giant megaureter

-

Nineteen patients: free of urinary symptoms; One girl: died

One boy: poorly recovered

Chiesa et al. [3], 2001

1

1-day-old

Nephroureterectomy

Four years

Uneventful with normal right renal function, a normal bladder and urethra

Ramaswamy et al. [4], 1995

1

2-year-old

Ureteroureterostomy.

-

Uneventful

Saurabh et al. [5], 2010

1

7-year-old

Surgical exploration was planned

-

-

Khattar et al. [6], 2009

1

15-year-old

Nephroureterectomy.

One year

Recovered well

Goto et al. [7], 2010

1

1-day-old

Ureteroureterostomy

Eighteen months

Experienced two febrile urinary tract infection, and no obstruction in the right upper urinary tract

Annigeri et al. [8], 2012

1

20-day-old

Nephroureterectomy.

Nine months

Uneventful