The patient had a difficult postoperative period in the intensive care unit where he remained pyrexial and septic. The colostomy began to function well.
An ultrasound was performed and demonstrated the continued dilation in the left kidney, and the patient underwent a nephrostomy.
Under ultrasound guidance a drainage catheter was placed into the renal pelvis through the renal cortex on the left. A significant amount of pus was drained from the renal tract initially; however, after 24 hours urine passed freely.