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Child urology: Double kidney, megaurether, uretheroceleFemale, 10 months old, 70 cm, 7.5 kgHi all,I am searching for second opinions and experiences for my 10 months old daughter.She was born with a double kidney whose upper part is polycystic and thus not working properly. The urether of this part became a megaureter, probably because it ends in an ureterocele in the bladder.Her first surgery was when she was 1 month old. They cut into the ureterocele so the urine can flow into the bladder. However, at this point they thought she had only one urether for both systems and thus there had been enough urine to guarantee sufficient flow. When she had a persistent infection with Klebsiella pneumonia, we were referred to specialists who saw the second urether and, 2 weeks later, her second surgery was done to make a urostoma, so the basically standing urine from the megaureter could flow directly outside. The ureter is smaller now and except that she receives prophylactic treatment with antibiotics, everything is normal. But the stoma has to be closed of course. Now there are 2 options:connect the ureter from the dysplastic part of the double system with the healthy ureter from the healthy partcut out the dysplastic part of the double system and part of its ureter, leaving the other part and the ureterocele where they are, as there is no refluxOur doctors recommend option 1), as the surgery is shorter (90 minutes vs 3 hrs) and less invasive (opening up the existing hole from the stoma a bit more vs making an additional cut close to the lungs) and the healthy kidney part is not damaged (vs certain loss of at least 7% function). The only risk is that the connection of the two ureters leaks, which is rare and easily fixed they say.These are all compelling arguments, but we were also told that option 2) is the more common one. Does anyone have experience with similar cases? What's her best option in your opinion?Thank you very much for any feedback!