title: Laparoscopic Anderson-Hynes procedure as a treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction caused by fibroepithelial polyp.
abstract: Fibroepithelial polyps (FEPs) are rare benign ureteral neoplasms of mesodermal origin. As an intrinsic cause of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) they are very uncommon. Excretory urography and diuretic renography used by many urologists to diagnose a UPJO may not detect the ureteral polyp. We present a case of ureteropelvic junction obstruction caused by a fibroepithelial polyp, which was not diagnosed preoperatively. The patient underwent successful laparoscopic excision of the polyp with Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty. We believe that laparoscopy is a useful, minimally invasive operative technique in the treatment of FEPs and may be considered a procedure of choice in large polyps, in which cases the endoscopic procedure is difficult or impossible to perform.
authors: Clinical Department of Urology, 4 Clinical Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland ; Department of Palliative Care Nursing, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors: Tomasz
authors: T
authors: Szydelko
authors: Department of Urology, 4 Clinical Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors: Tomasz
authors: T
authors: Tuchendler
authors: Department of Urology, 4 Clinical Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Litarski
authors: Department of Urology, 4 Clinical Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors: Grzegorz
authors: G
authors: Urbańczyk
authors: Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors: Wojciech
authors: W
authors: Apoznański
authors: Department of Clinical Procedures, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors: Dariusz
authors: D
authors: Janczak
keywords: fibroepithelial polyp; laparoscopy; ureteropelvic junction