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A surgical operation to make an artificial opening for the ureter into the abdominal wall, so that urine can be passed directly out of the body. The surgical creation of an external opening into the ureter. This usually involves bringing the ureter to the skin surface so that the urine can drain into a suitable…

An examination of the ureter with a ureteroscope.  

An instrument which is passed into the ureter and up into the kidneys, usually used to locate or remove a stone. A flexible or rigid endoscopic instrument that is inserted (via the urinary bladder) into the ureter and up into the pelvis of the kidney. The instrument is commonly used to identify a stone in…

Inflammation of the ureter and the pelvis of the kidney to which it is attached.  

A surgical operation to repair a ureter. Surgical reconstruction of the a tube of bladder (Boari flap). This is necessary if a segment of ureter is damaged by disease or injury. Surgical restoration of a ureter.  

A surgical operation to transplant a ureter to a different location in the bladder.  

A surgical operation to free one or both ureters from adhesions or surrounding tissue.  

The surgical removal of a stone from the ureter. An operation to remove a stone from one of the tubes (ureters) connecting the kidney to the bladder. The surgery is done under general anesthesia through an incision. The ureter is opened, the stone is removed, and the ureter and the incision are closed with surgical…

A stone in a ureter. A stone lodged in a ureter.  

An artificially formed passage between the ureter and the intestine. An artificial communication, surgically created, between the ureter and the bowel. In this form of urinary diversion, which bypasses the bladder, the ureters are attached to the sigmoid colon. A surgically produced artificial channel between the ureter and the large bowel. A form of diversion…