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ureterolysis
  1. A surgical procedure to expose the ureter in order to free it from external pressure or adhesions or to avoid damaging it during pelvic surgery, most often hysterectomy.
ureterocele
  1. (medicine) A congenital abnormality of the urinary bladder, in which the distal ureter balloons at its opening into the bladder, forming a pouch.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Treatment for an ectopic ureterocele usually involves an upper pole nephrectomy and partial ureterectomy.”
ureteroneocystostomy
  1. (surgery) An operation involving implantation of the upper end of a transected ureter into the bladder.
ureterorenoscopy
  1. (surgery) A visual inspection of the interior of the ureter and kidney by means of a flexible endoscope.
ureterosigmoidostomy
  1. (medicine) A surgical procedure in which the ureters are diverted into the sigmoid colon.
ureter
  1. (anatomy) Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Filtrate, at this point identical to urine, passes through the renal pelvis and into the ureter to the bladder where it is excreted.”
      “Smoking is also associated with cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, ureter, and bladder.”
      “The initial colonization of the walls of the ureter is in areas of turbulent flow which leads to paralysis of peristalsis.”
ureteroureterostomy
  1. (medicine) End-to-end anastomosis of the two portions of a transected ureter.
ureteroscopy
  1. Visual inspection of the ureter by means of a ureteroscope.
  2. Examples:
    1. “For proximal ureteric stones, shock wave lithotripsy is useful if the stone is less than 1 cm in size, and ureteroscopy is more successful for stones larger than 1 cm.”
      “Clinical efficacy of combined Lithoclast and Lithovac stone removal during ureteroscopy.”
      “The surgical options for large proximal ureteral calculi include ESWL, ureteroscopy, PCNL, and rarely open or laparoscopic surgery.”
ureterostomy
  1. The creation of a stoma (a new, artificial outlet) for a ureter or kidney.
  2. Examples:
    1. “She experienced urinary incontinence throughout her childhood and it was not until she was 26 that a ureterostomy was completed.”
      “The patient underwent radical cystectomy, urethrectomy, and bilateral umbilical cutaneous ureterostomy construction.”
ureterocystoplasty
  1. (surgery) Repair to the urinary bladder and the ureter
ureterotomy
  1. (surgery) Any operation which involves the incision of the ureter.
ureteroscope
  1. A device used to inspect the interior of the ureter
  2. Examples:
    1. “This technique involves placing an ureteroscope into the urethra the bladder and then finally up the narrow ureters to engage a ureteral stone and break it or remove it.”
ureterolithiasis
  1. The presence of stones in the ureter.
ureteropyeloscopy
  1. (surgery) pyeloscopy of the ureter
ureterocoele
  1. Alternative form of ureterocele
ureteropathy
  1. disease of the ureter
ureterolith
  1. A stone in the ureter.
ureteritis
  1. (medicine) Inflammation of the ureter.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Cystitis cystica, ureteritis cystica, and cystitis glandularis appear as intraluminal polypoid filling defects inside the urinary tract.”
      “This is a new treatment in the ureteral strictures resolution in Veterinary Urology, although it is not a common affection, it usually appears as a consequence of ureteritis and in the iatrogenic female genital surgery.”
      “Retrograde pyelography revealed an irregular beaded appearance of both ureters consistent with ureteritis cystica.”
ureterectomy
  1. (surgery) Removal of the ureters.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The remaining patients were treated by polypectomy via ureterotomy, partial ureterectomy or nephro-ureterectomy.”
      “Treatment for an ectopic ureterocele usually involves an upper pole nephrectomy and partial ureterectomy.”
      “In the past, he had a segmental right ureterectomy due to a right ureteral mass and right-sided end-to-end anastomosis of ureteral segments.”
ureterosigmoidostomies
ureteroneocystostomies
ureteroureterostomies
ureterocystoplasties
  1. plural of ureterocystoplasty
ureteropyeloscopies
  1. plural of ureteropyeloscopy
ureterorenoscopies
  1. plural of ureterorenoscopy
ureterocoeles
  1. plural of ureterocoele
ureteroscopes
  1. plural of ureteroscope
ureteroscopies
  1. plural of ureteroscopy
ureterectomies
  1. plural of ureterectomy
ureteropathies
  1. plural of ureteropathy
ureterostomies
  1. plural of ureterostomy
ureteroceles
  1. plural of ureterocele
ureteroliths
  1. plural of ureterolith
ureterotomies
  1. plural of ureterotomy
ureteritides
  1. plural of ureteritis
ureters
  1. plural of ureter
  2. Examples:
    1. “Your urinary system is composed of your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.”
      “Intermittent ureteral obstruction with bladder filling can occur in ureters that are reimplanted in abnormally lateral positions.”
      “Patients with other abnormalities such as ectopic ureters and diverticulae can also present with incontinence.”
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