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Radiological and histological evidence from animal studies is presented to show that renal units subjected to reflux of urine after diversionary surgery develop pyelonephritis. It is suggested that anti-reflux diversionary procedures be developed.
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Duggan, F.J., Sanford, E.J. & Rohner, T.J. The disadvantages of reflux in uretero-Ileal cutaneous anastomoses for supravesical urinary diversion. Urol. Res. 2, 85–90 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00554592
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