Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1994 Dec;74(6):715-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1994.tb07112.x.

A modified extravesical technique for megaureter repair

G A McLorie  1 , V R Jayanthi, T J Kinahan, A E Khoury, B M Churchill
Affiliations

A modified extravesical technique for megaureter repair

G A McLorie et al. Br J Urol. 1994 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To report on the use of extravesical detrusorraphy for megaureter repair.

Patients and methods: Twenty-three children underwent an extravesical megaureter repair over a 25 month period. There were 17 boys and 6 girls with an average age of 4.4 years. Three children had bilateral megaureters for a total of 26 repairs. Ureters were defined as megaureters if the ureteric diameter exceeded 1.0 cm on pre-operative imaging. There were 14 obstructing and 12 refluxing ureters. Three of the refluxing ureters were tapered while five of the obstructing megaureters were tapered.

Results: Twenty-one of the 23 patients were successfully repaired using this method. Complications were minimal.

Conclusion: The extravesical approach can be used to correct reflux or obstruction in dilated ureters with efficacy equivalent to transvesical repairs.

PubMed Disclaimer

LinkOut - more resources