For webmasters: Free content Linking Lookup box Close (redirected fromectopic ureter) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia u·re·ter (yo͝o-rē′tər, yo͝or′ĭ-tər) n. The long, narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca. ...
This finding emphasizes the caution needed in surgery to prevent ureteral injury. This close proximity also underscores the fact that ureteral injury may be unavoidable in some women. The ureter then runs upward (ventral) and medially in the vesical uterine ligaments to obliquely pierce the bladder...
intraoperative procedure, average surgery time (24 min), complications and primary success rate (96.6/90/63.3% stone free for distal/mid/proximal ureter, respectively) did not differ from the control group under general anesthesia. Ureteroscopies with remifentanil are safe, universally applicable becau...
of gravity assisted by contractions of the smooth muscles that line the ureteral walls. A blocked ureter can result from congenital abnormality, a tumor, or the formation of kidney stones. Blockage may require surgery to prevent loss of urinary function and eventual urea poisoning. Seeurinary ...
Open surgery or laparoscopic pyeloplasty is an excellent option for reconstruction, approaching a 95% to 97% success rate. In asymptomatic hydronephrotic patients with an UPJ narrowing, intervention should be reserved for those with decreased kidney function. Determination of a functional problem may ...
She was referred for evaluation of an incidental finding of hydroureter and hydronephrosis. Three patients were treated with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analog for at least 3 months preoperatively. Five patients had ureteral stents in place prior to the psoas hitch surgery. No intra- or...
Laser SurgerySurgical ProceduresMinimally InvasiveUreter内窥镜检查激光手术输尿管PURPOSE: We report our experience with the holmium laser in the endoscopic management of primary obstructive megaureter (POM) in adults. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From February 1997 to September 1998, three women and one man ...
Went in for UPJ surgery a couple of months ago. Had robotic assisted lap surgery. Had a stent put in and just had it removed yesterday morning. Here are the facts: it hurt like hell. The daggone scope he inserted to get it with was the most painful thing I've ever been through, ...
Outcome of sonography‐based minimally invasive surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis of the ureter and urinary bladder – a retrospective cohort study A case of unilateral ureteral obstruction owing to ureteral endometriosis is presented. Endometriosis in the genitourinary tract, especially, ureteral ...
Six women with advanced uterine prolapse underwent examination by drip infusion urography. A new hypothesis is proposed for the pathogenesis of bilateral hydroureteronephrosis: the ureters are entrapped by the hiatus genitalis, not again... H Hadar,D Meiraz - 《Surgery Gynecology & Obstetrics》 ...