You have accessJournal of UrologyUpper Tract Reconstruction (V09)1 Sep 2021V09-04 ROBOTIC NON TRANSECTING SECONDARY PYELOPLASTY TECHNIQUES FOR RECURRENT URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION Matthew Lee, Ziho Aeen Asghar, Randall David Strauss, Michael Stifelman, Lee C Zhao, and Daniel Eun LeeMatthew More articles by this author , LeeZiho AsgharAeen Asghar LeeRandall StraussDavid Strauss Stifelman...

The retrocaval ureter is a rare congenital entity, classically managed with open pyeloplasty techniques. The experience obtained with the laparoscopic approach of other more frequent causes of ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction has opened the method for the minimally invasive approach of the retrocaval ureter. In our paper, we describe a clinical case of a right retrocaval ureter managed ...

Received January 2009 Accepted November 2010 INTRODUCTION Ureteropelvic-junction-obstruction (UPJO) occurs in 22% to 37% of ectopic kidneys.(1) Laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty (LDP) is an acceptable treatment for UPJO in pediatric patients with orthotropic kidneys.(2,3) Laparoscopic flap techniques have less favorable results than LDP in adult patients with orthotropic kidneys.(3) To our b...

A percentage of ureteropelvic junction obstruction cases are clinically silent in childhood and manifest symptoms in adults. Herein we present a 25-year-old female with several years of intermittent flank pain and abdominal symptoms with prior inconclusive diagnostic workup including abdominal imaging without hydronephrosis. Ultimately, a CT scan performed during an acute pain crisis clearly id...