| 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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