Laparoscopic surgical correction of retrocaval ureter

ABSTRACT

Laparoscopic transposition and reanastomosis of a circumcaval ureter was performed in 47-year-old man with right flank pain. The ureter was transected 2 cm. below renal pelvis and the ureter was relocated from behind the vena cava. The anastomosis was completed with interrupted sutures by intracorporeal knot tying. The postoperative convalescence was uneventful. The intravenous urogram obtained 8 weeks later revealed remarkable improvement in drainage of right kidney