title: Intermittent ureteral herniation--rare cause of flank pain.
abstract: Ureteral herniation is rare and difficult to diagnose, especially when intermittent, and ureterocystoneostomy using the psoas hitch or boari flap techniques have so far been used as therapeutic options. We describe ureterolysis in two cases as a successful alternative approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Waltraud M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Remmele
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prikler
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Engeler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003559:Cystostomy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014519:Ureterostomy / Q000379:methods; D014567:Urography