Treatment of solitary renal cysts in children

The authors formulate therapeutic policy basing on clinical, ultrasound and parenchymal morphological studies in 34 children with solitary renal cysts. Operative intervention is indicated in renal function decline manifesting with enlargement of the cyst and reduction of the cystic-renal coefficient. The kind of the operation is decided by location of the cyst and its characteristics obtained at radiodiagnosis. In slow growth of the cyst and no further decline in its function the patients should be followed up as a risk group.