title: [Value of posterior vertical lombotomy in the surgical treatment of calculi of the lumbar ureter. Apropos of 42 cases].
abstract: Whereas surgery is no longer used for treatment of pyelocaliceal and lower ureter lithiasis, it remains a valid method in lithiasis of lumbar ureter poorly accessible to endoscopy. A direct approach to lumbar (or pelvic) ureter by posterior vertical lombotomy considerably reduces operation time, pain and duration of hospital stay and disability. Results in a series of 42 cases indicate that surgery remains an excellent and perhaps most effective therapy for lumbar ureter calculi, with the condition that the conventional posterolateral lombotomy be abandoned.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Intérêt de la lombotomie verticale postérieure dans le traitement chirurgical des calculs de l'uretère lombaire. A propos de 42 cas.