Laparoscopic management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction by division of the aberrant vein and cephalad relocation of the crossing artery: A long-term follow-up of 42 cases

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 987-991

  Nouralizadeh, Akbar ^a   Simforoosh, Nasser ^a   Basiri, Abbas ^a   Tabibi, Ali ^a   Soltani, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kilani, Hossein ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENTETIC ACID; TRAMADOL;

ABERRANT VEIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIURETIC RENOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; ILEUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; PYELOURETERAL PERISTALSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER PERISTALSIS; URETER STENT; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; VEIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953630230     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0524     Document Type: Article

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