[Transposition of a lower pole kidney pedicle to the anterior side of the pelvis in the treatment of certain types of hydronephrosis].

Reviewing 8 cases, the author describes the technique and gives the results from surgical treatment of certain types of hydronephrosis involving a transposition of the lower pole vascular pedicle into the anterior side of the pelvis, preventing thus the former from compressing the pyeloureteral junction. The author underlines the difficulty residing in the proper selection of the surgical indications. Success depends upon the quality of such indications. This method characteristically combines simplicity and reliability.