title: Retroperitoneoscopic treatment of a retrocaval ureter.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Retroperitoneoscopic surgery was performed on a 41-year-old man with a retrocaval ureter.
  
  
  METHODS
  The retrocaval segment of the ureter was retroperitoneoscopically separated and the ureter was reanastomosed using an automatic suture device.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  He returned to normal activities four days postoperatively. Postoperative excretory urography showed improvement of hydronephrosis and no residual stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mugiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohhira
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Un-No
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography