Further Experience With the Vascular Hitch (Laparoscopic Transposition of Lower Pole Crossing Vessels): An Alternate Treatment for Pediatric Ureterovascular Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1832-1836

  Gundeti, Mohan S ^a,b,c   Reynolds, W Stuart ^c   Duffy, Patrick G ^a   Mushtaq, Imran ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

abnormalities; angiography; kidney; laparoscopy; ureter

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TOMOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER DISEASE; URETEROVASCULAR URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROBOTICS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 51049108785     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.05.055     Document Type: Article

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