Figure 1 |
Patient positioning (infant) and skin incision |
Figure 2 |
Incision of the internal and external oblique muscles |
Figure 3 |
Oblique muscles are retracted back, blunt incision of the transversus abdominus muscle |
Figure 4 |
The peritoneum is bluntly displaced medially and lumbodorsal fascia incised |
Figure 5 |
Great care must be taken to minimize trauma and preserve bloody supply in the region of the upper ureter |
Figure 6 |
Fine stay sutures are placed, the incisions are marked |
Figure 7 |
2-3 cm spatulation of the ureter on its inferior border. |
Figure 8 |
A stent protects the back wall of the ureter from the sutures used for anastomoses |
Figure 9 |
Before the anastomoses is completed the temporary stent is removed |
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