title: The retrocaval ureter: an intrinsic abnormality.
abstract: An 11-year-old boy underwent resection of an abnormally draining ureteral segment of a retrocaval right ureter. Compression by the inferior vena cava may have caused the faulty drainage. End-to-end ureteroureteral anastomosis was carried out. Intraoperative study of perfusion was helpful in the management of this child's condition.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014567:Urography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior