ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Buccal ureteroplasty for recurrent extended strictures and obliterations of distal ureter

Volkov AA1, Budnik NV1, Zuban ON2, Abdulaev MA1, Plotkin DV2, Reshetnikov MN2
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1 Hospital for War Veterans, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

2 Moscow Research and Clinical Center for TB Control, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Andrey A. Volkov
pereulok Zaprudny, 17, Rostov-on-Don, 344020; ur.kb@a37voklov

About paper

Author contribution: Volkov AA, Budnik NV — study conceptualization and design development, shared responsibility, text preparation; Abdulaev MA — material collection; Volkov AA, Reshetnikov MN, Plotkin DV — statistical data processing; Volkov AA, Zuban ON — obtained data analysis; Volkov AA, Zuban ON, Reshetnikov MN — editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the ethics committee of the Hospital for War Veterans (Minutes #1 of February 6, 2018). All participants submitted the signed informed consent forms confirming their consent to participate in the study.

Received: 2020-10-25 Accepted: 2020-12-05 Published online: 2020-12-17
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Fig. 1. Intravenous urography. Right-side hydronephrosis identified on the 60th minute of the examination
Fig. 2. Cystoscopy, pre-surgery. The orifice of the right ureter cannot be found
Fig. 3. Contrast enhanced computed tomography, post-surgery. Arrows mark the boundaries of the replaced ureter segment
Fig. 4. Cystoscopy, post-surgery. Dotted line marks the interface between BG and mucous membrane of the bladder
Fig. 5. Ureteroscopy, post-surgery. Visible: successful BG engraftment, wellvascularized pink mucosa
Fig. 6. Ascending ureterography, post-surgery. Arrows mark the boundaries of the replaced ureter segment
Table 1. Patient group characteristics
Table 2. Types of previous surgical interventions
Table 3. Characteristics of BG ureteroplasty in the patient group
Table 4. Surgery results