ureteroproctostomy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From uretero- + procto- + -stomy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ureteroproctostomy (countable and uncountable, plural ureteroproctostomies)
- (medicine) A form of urinary diversion involving the creation of an anastomosis between a ureter and the rectum.
- 1954 February 15, Oswald S. Lowsley, Thomas H. Johnson, Antonio E. Rueda, “Operation for Urinary Diversion”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 89:
- The ureteral catheters are passed through the holes and down toward the anus. Mucosa-to-mucosa ureteroproctostomies are made over the catheters with atraumatic chromic catgut. The catheters insure patency, prevent reflux, and temporarily divert urine from the suture line.