PURPOSE Ureteral obstruction in cervical cancer occurs in up to 11% of patients, many of whom undergo ureteral stenting. Our aim was to describe the patient burden of chronic ureteral stenting in a population-based cohort by detailing two objectives: (1) the frequency of repeat procedures for ureteral obstruction; and, (2) the frequency of urinary adverse effects (UAEs) (e.g., lower urinary tra...

Robotically assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RaLRP) has become an alternative surgical treatment option for patients with localized prostate cancer. Rare anatomic variations result in modification of established techniques. We describe the first successful completion of RaLRP for localized prostate cancer in a patient with coexisting complete left ureteral duplication and ectopic in...

BACKGROUND Ureteral endometriosis is a serious localization of disease burden that can lead to urinary tract obstruction, with subsequent hydroureter, hydronephrosis, and potential kidney loss. Diagnosis is elusive and relies heavily on clinical suspicion as ureteral endometriosis can occur with both minimal and extensive disease. Surgical technique to treatment varies, but the goal is to salv...

Introduction: Hysterectomies are the second most common major surgical procedure among women in their reproductive years. Ureteral injury is a known complication of this surgery. Intraoperative cystoscopy is not yet used routinely to evaluate the ureteral function before concluding a benign hysterectomy. Case Description: A 40-year-old woman had a laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy with ...

The immediate effect on renal blood flow following ureteral occlusion may have some relative pertinence in clinical considerations of excretory urography in cases of acute ureteral obstruction where varying appearance times of obstructive nephrograms and pyelograms are observed. Some variance of physiological observation of the changes in renal blood flow has been observed and because of this p...