Case Report
Minimally Invasive Approach of a Retrocaval Ureter
Table 1
Case reports in the literature of surgical repair of retrocaval ureter.
| Study | Cases | Approach | Procedure | Operative time (min) | Complications | Hospital stay (days) | Follow-up (months) |
| Baba et al. [2] | 1 | Transperitoneal | Pyeloplasty | 560 | None | Not reported | 2 | Mahmood et al. [4] | 1 | Open | Ureteroureterostomy | Not reported | None | Not reported | Not reported | Hyseni et al. [5] | 1 | Open | Ureteroureterostomy | Not reported | None | Not reported | 3 | Júnior et al. [6] | 1 | Transperitoneal | Pyeloureterostomy | 210 | None | 4 | 6 | Tobias-Machado et al. [7] | 1 | Retroperitoneal | Ureteroureterostomy, extracorporeal | 130 | None | 2 | 3 | Chung and Gill [8] | 1 | Transperitoneal | Pyeloplasty | 180 | None | 2 | 6 | Nagraj et al. [9] | 1 | Transperitoneal | Ureteroureterostomy | 100 | None | 3 | Not reported | Ricciardulli et al. [10] | 27 | Retroperitoneal | Ureteroureterostomy | 131 (median) | 4 cases | 3.8 (median) | 3, 6, and 12 | Autorino et al. [11] | 1 | Transperitoneal LESS | Ureteroureterostomy | 180 | None | 2 | 3 | Hemal et al. [12] | 1 | Robotic | Pyelopyelostomy | Not reported | None | 3 | 3 | Nayak et al. [13] | 5 | Robotic | Pyelopyelostomy and ureteroureterostomy | 92 (median) | None | 2 | 13.5 (median) | Alkhudair et al. [14] | 1 | Robotic | Ureteroureterostomy | 90 | None | Not reported | 3 |
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