title: Case report: laparoscopic ureteropyelostomy and distal ureterectomy for management of duplication with ectopia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the role of laparoscopic ureteropyelostomy and subtotal ureterectomy for management of an ectopic ureter to the prostatic urethra.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 54-year-old man presented with complaints of paravertebral pain and recurrent prostatitis with elevation of the serum prostate specific antigen concentration. Diagnostic evaluation revealed right renal duplication with an ectopic ureter to the prostatic urethra. Using a four-port transperitoneal laparoscopic technique, a laparoscopic ureteropyelostomy and subtotal ureterectomy were performed. Diagnostic follow-up documented successful treatment with the minimally invasive technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic ureteropyelostomy and subtotal ureterectomy provide effective treatment for this rare condition. The minimally invasive technique may also have clinical applications in the pediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Germar-M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Pinggera
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitterberger
authors.forename: Leo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pallwein
authors.forename: Ferdinand
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frauscher
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herwig
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varkarakis
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peschel
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strasser
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartsch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014519:Ureterostomy / Q000379:methods*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*