Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Antenatal hydronephrosis: changing concepts in diagnosis and subsequent management

2000; Wiley; Volume: 85; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00645.x

1464-410X

Ahmed A. Shokeir, Rien J.M. Nijman,

Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

grade I, the pelvic APD is 1 cm with normal calyces ' grade II, APD 1±1.5 cm with normal calyces ' grade III, APD > 1.5 cm with slight caliectasis ' grade IV, APD > 1.5 cm with moderate caliectasis ' grade V, APD > 1.5 cm with severe caliectasis and cortical atrophy A simpler classi®cation is:' mild hydronephrosis with pelvic APD f 1.5 cm and normal calyces' moderate hydronephrosis with APD > 1.5 cm and caliectasis with no parenchymal atrophy ' severe hydronephrosis with APD > 1.5 cm, caliectasis and cortical atrophy [8].