Comparison between double J stent and double J stent combined with pyelostomy in pediatric laparoscopic pyeloplasty:a 5-year clinical experience in a single center

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Abstract Objective：To compare the outcome of using a double J(DJ) stent combined with pyelostomy with a DJ stent alone in Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty (LP) for pediatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of all patients with UPJO treated with LP between January 2017 and November 2021 in our center. According to different postoperative drainage methods patients were divided into a DJ stent group (52 cases) and a DJ stent combined with pyelostomy group (combination group, 41 cases). Operative time, bleeding volume, perirenal drainage stent removal time, and postoperative hospital stay, postoperative complications, and renal function recovery were compared between the two groups. Renal ultrasound and diuretic renogram (DR) were used for preoperative and postoperative follow-up. Results: A total of 52 patients were in the DJ stent group and 41 patients in the combination group. The mean hospital stay was 6.46±2.66 days in the DJ stent group and 5.22±1.63 days in the combination group (p<0.05). Postoperative complications developed in 14 out of 52 patients in the DJ stent group(26.9%), while complications developed in 8 out of 41 patients in the combination group (19.5%) (p>0.05). Non-catheter-related complications developed in 10/52 patients in the DJ stent group (19.2%) and only 1/41 patients in the combination group (2.4%) (p<0.05). The renal function and renal cortex thickness in both groups were improved. Conclusion:A DJ stent combined with pyelostomy can reduced non-catheter related complications,which is conducive to patient recovery after pyeloplastyand,and the hospital stay was significantly shorter than the DJ stent. However, it is necessary to pay attention to the nursing treatment of the pyelostomy tube and guard against the occurrence of pyelostomy tube shedding.