Purpose. - To evaluate the management of renal colic in pregnant woman in our hospital. Material and methods. - A retrospective study of 103 pregnant patients, hospitalized for back pain of renal colic type, associated or not with a urinary tract infection, between January 2005 and October 2010. Three groups of patients were identified from the initial clinical and paraclinical (ultrasound). Group I involved patients with dilatation of the renal cavities associated with septic syndrome, they received analgesic treatment and empiric antibiotic therapy. Group II involved patients with dilatation of the renal cavities isolated, without fever, they received only analgesic treatment. Group III involved patients without dilatation of the renal cavities, they received analgesic treatment and antibiotics in case of fever, and then another cause of pain was sought. Results. - The renal colic was due to a stone in 19.4% of cases. A urinary infection was associated in 28% of patients. Ultrasond was sufficient to confirm the diagnosis in 96% of cases. In 4% of cases, MRI or low-dose CT were necessary. Therapeutic management based on analgesic treatment, associated with probabilistic antibiotherapy or adapted in case of documented infection, allowed sedation of pain in two-third of cases. In case of failure or signs of severity, the urinary diversion by a double J stent was efficient, without consequences on pregnancy issue. One stone was treated by ureteroscopy during pregnancy without complication. Conclusion. - The management of renal colic in pregnant woman based on ultrasound diagnosis, symptomatic treatment and urinary diversion by double J stent in case of failure therefore seemed quite sure on mother and fetus. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
