title: Experience with the ileal ureter.
abstract: The isolated ileal loop often provides a satisfactory solution to the problem of extensive ureteric defects. Our experience in 18 cases of diseased ureters partially or totally replaced by isolated ileal loops is presented. The indications for the operation and important operative and preoperative details are discussed. The operation presents a definite method for renal conservation in many cases in which nephrectomy would otherwise have been unavoidable.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery*; D009093:Mucus / Q000378:metabolism; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery*; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D014547:Urinary Diversion; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000209:etiology