What is Lich gregoir technique?
In the modified Lich-Gregoir procedure, the dissection of the detrusor from the underlying mucosa is carried around the ureter circumferentially, while maintaining the continuity between the ureter and the bladder. The bladder mucosa is further freed in the region of the trigone to create submucosal flaps.
What is ureteroneocystostomy?
Ureteroneocystostomy (UNC) refers to reimplantation of the ureter into the bladder. In the adult population, ureteroneocystostomy is primarily used for disease or trauma involving the lower third portion of the ureter that results in obstruction or fistula.
What is psoas hitch procedure?
A psoas hitch is a method of ureteric re-implantation following distal ureteric resection or injury. The reconstruction is indicated when the distal ureter is injured or resected for cancer or stricture disease, and the remaining portion of ureter cannot reach the bladder for a ureteroneocystotomy.
Can your ureter be replaced?
Ileal ureter replacement is a technically feasible surgery to be performed in any patient requiring ureteral reconstruction despite a normal contralateral kidney. As such, it is a better alternative than nephrectomy in cases of complex and multiple ureteral strictures.
What is ureteral Extravesical reimplantation?
Laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation is another option in the surgical management of vesicoureteric reflux. It offers a greater success rate and durability compared to injection therapy, while offering cosmetic and convalescence advantages over open surgery in the older child.
What is Ureterolithotomy?
Ureterolithotomy refers to the open or laparoscopic surgical removal of a stone from the ureter. Today in the United States, ureterolithotomy is seldom performed given the advent and rise of minimally invasive procedures for fragmentation and removal.
What is Endopyelotomy?
This procedure (endopyelotomy) aims to widen the renal pelvis by inserting small instruments either up through the urinary tract or down through the skin and into the kidney. The instruments are used to remove the tissue that is causing the obstruction by cutting or burning it away or by applying laser.
What happens if ureter is damaged?
If either ureter doesn’t function properly, urine can back up into the kidney and cause damage. An abnormality where the ureter connects to the bladder or the kidney, which blocks urine flow.