Standardization of the renogram technique for investigating the dilated upper urinary tract and assessing the results of surgery.

O'Reilly, P H; Consensus Committee of the Society of Radionuclides in Nephrourology · BJU Int · 2003

review · Level V

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Abstract

To recommend a standard technique for the renographic evaluation of the dilated upper urinary tract, and for evaluating the results of surgery. This review is an update of the previously recommended consensus report of the 9th International Symposium of Radionuclides in Nephrourology. State-of-the-art recommendations are detailed for standardizing common radionuclide investigations. Where open, laparoscopic or endourological techniques for treating pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction are under study, results can only be compared by standardizing the investigational techniques. The guidelines produced here are recommended for this purpose.

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