[The treatment of ureteral stricture in patients following kidney transplantation].

Ureteral strictures in kidney recipients are serious urological complications often responsible for the transplant rejection and sometimes for the recipient's death. The stricture-related slight and nonspecific symptoms often underlie its late diagnosis and inadequate treatment. Obligatory follow-up ultrasonic investigations promote early detection of ureteral stenosis. Eight kidney recipients with ureteral stricture initially underwent transcutaneous puncture nephrostomy preserving the transplant function and preventing aggravation of the condition. In view of threatening infection and weak reparative capacity of immunosuppressed patients, less traumatic transcutaneous interventions seem preferable in further treatment: bouginage, balloon dilatation or the stricture dissection followed by insertion of the inner stent. In uneffective transcutaneous surgery due to extended ureteral strictures or complete obstruction of the ureter it is valid to conduct pyeloureterostomy with the recipient's own ureter.