Early reconstruction of wide ureter in children.

Fifty children with 66 megaureters have been treated with complete surgical reconstruction and reimplantation of the ureter. The procedure was done unilaterally in 34 and bilaterally in 16 patients. Fourteen of the bilateral cases were corrected in one procedure. The results in the reported series seem to justify the conclusion that early reconstruction forms a ureter which is neither wide, nor elongated, nor tortuous and thus able to transport urine.