title: Laparoscopic vesicopsoas hitch for infiltrative ureteral endometriosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the technique and outcome of a laparoscopic vesicopsoas hitch used for the treatment of infiltrative ureteral endometriosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A tertiary care center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 36-year-old woman with infiltrative endometriosis of the ureter.
  
  
  METHODS
  A laparoscopic vesicopsoas hitch.
  
  
  METHODS
  The return of normal ureteral function as measured by IV pyelography and ultrasonography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After partial ureteral resection, it was noted that a tension-free anastomosis to the bladder was not possible. Thus, a laparoscopic vesicopsoas hitch was performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A vesicopsoas hitch can be performed successfully by laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University Medical Center, California, USA.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Nezhat
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Nezhat
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Freiha
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Nezhat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D012008:Recurrence; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014567:Urography