| Culp pyeloplasty | A reconstructive technique for correction of uteropelvic obstruction, whereby a spiral flap of renal pelvis is brought down and interposed into a vertical incision in the ureter. See: Scardino vertical flap pyeloplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|
| Culp, Ormond | <person> U.S. Urologist, 1910-1977. See: Culp pyeloplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty | Disjoined or dismembered pyeloplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular flap pyeloplasty | A reconstructive procedure for correction of uteropelvic obstruction, whereby a flap of renal capsule is swung down from the renal hilus to enlarge an obstructed intrarenal pelvis and upper ureter; used to correct situations involving loss of renal pelvic tissue which preclude the use of renal pelvis for the reconstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scardino vertical flap pyeloplasty | A reconstructive technique for correction of uteropelvic obstruction, whereby a vertical flap of renal pelvis is brought down and interposed into a vertical incision in the ureter. Compare: Culp pyeloplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyeloplasty | Surgical reconstruction of the kidney pelvis to correct an obstruction. Synonym: pelvioplasty. Origin: pyelo-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| disjoined pyeloplasty | A reconstructive procedure for correction of ureteropelvic obstruction, whereby the obstructed segment is resected and the upper ureter reanastomosed into the lower renal pelvis, usually utilizing a modified elliptical anastomotic technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Foley Y-plasty pyeloplasty | A reconstructive procedure for correction of ureteropelvic obstruction, whereby a Y-shaped flap of renal pelvis is advanced downward into a vertical incision in the upper ureter, thereby widening the ureteropelvic junction. Synonym: Foley operation. (05 Mar 2000) |