Experiences of the Vesico-Psoas Hitch Procedure for Extensive Lower Ureteral Stricture / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Three patients have successfully undergone ureteroneoystostomy with submucosal tunneling as an antirefluxing measure using vesico-psoas hitch procedure for extensive postoperative stricture of the lower ureter. Postoperatively, none of the patients has developed ureterovesical stenosis, and functional capacity of the bladder has been well preserved despite of extensive mobilization. In one patient reflux has occurred through the ureteral orifice of the opposite side. Since the technique of vesico-psoas hitch procedure is simply to mobilize the bladder and to fix its posterolateral corner to the psoas muscle, we believe that it provides a safer alternative to more complicated and potentially dangerous procedures.