“…The high nephrectomy rate was mainly caused by late diagno sis of UGT resulting in irreparable damage to the kidney. However, the indications for nephrectomy adopted in several centers vary [4,7,10,11,25] and have led to discussion for many years [15,20], In this retrospective review, the indications for 137 consecutive nephrectomies, carried out in patients with UGT, were analyzed in order to define particular factors necessitating nephrectomy.…”