Is urinary tract infection after hydronephrosis operation chronic pyelonephritis

Urinary tract infection after hydronephrosis surgery is not necessarily chronic pyelonephritis.

After hydronephrosis surgery, if you fail to pay attention to maintaining local cleanliness and hygiene during or after surgery, you may be infected by pathogenic bacteria and form urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis, ureteritis, cystitis, urethritis, etc. Chronic pyelonephritis is mostly caused by bacterial infection of the kidney and pyelonephritis chronic inflammation, for patients with hydronephrosis, may be due to long-term hydronephrosis caused by local pathogen breeding chronic pyelonephritis, the phenomenon may also exist after surgery. However, clinically, urinary tract infection and chronic pyelonephritis not only related, but also not only in the kidney pyelonephritis site. If urinary tract infection occurs after hydronephrosis surgery, it is recommended that the patient be examined specifically to determine the status of urinary tract infection and treated accordingly.