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To identify the prognostic factors, assess the outcome of conservative management, and modify the existing radiologic classification of emphysematous pyelonephritis.Forty-one consecutive patients diagnosed with emphysematous pyelonephritis between January 2001 and February 2007 were studied retrospectively. On the basis of computerized tomographic scan they were grouped into four classes (1 to 4)...