Abstract
The prognosis of renal tuberculosis was investigated on 234 patients who had been under some medical treatments for the disease in our hospital during a period of 5 years. Complete cure was found in 91% in total, consisting of 100% in an age group of from 10 to 19 years, 95% in one from 20 to 29 years, 92% in one from 30 to 39 years, 90% in one from 40 to 49 years, 87% in one from 50 to 59 years and 89% in one of 60 years or more.
The pyelograms of these patients were classified according to Lattimer's description into Groups 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, and examined for their relationship to healing. The percentage of healing was 98% in Group 0, then 97%, 84%, 36% and 0% in Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively.
A relationship between the healing percentage and the methods of treatments was indicated by the result that the healing percentages were 100% in cases of conservative operations, 95% in cases of nephrectomy, 90% in those of chemotherapy alone, and 69% in those with cystoplasty.
