ureterosigmoid

ureterosigmoid
Relating to the ureter and the sigmoid colon, especially to an anastomosis between the two.

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  • ureterosigmoid anastomosis — surgical implantation of the ureter into the sigmoid colon; this was one of the earliest types of continent urinary diversion. Called also ureterosigmoidostomy …   Medical dictionary

  • Anastomosis — The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally occurring or artificially constructed and be created during the process of embryonic development or by surgery, trauma or pathological… …   Medical dictionary

  • ureterosigmoidostomy — SYN: ureterocolostomy. * * * ure·tero·sig·moid·os·to·my yu̇ .rēt ə rō .sig .mȯid äs tə mē n, pl mies surgical implantation of a ureter in the sigmoid colon * * * n. the operation of implanting the ureters into the sigmoid colon (see… …   Medical dictionary

  • continent urinary diversion — urinary diversion that preserves continence; examples include neobladders, ureterocolonic and ureterosigmoid anastomoses, the Indiana pouch, and the Mainz pouch …   Medical dictionary

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