"Ureteral Obstruction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Blockage in any part of the URETER causing obstruction of urine flow from the kidney to the URINARY BLADDER. The obstruction may be congenital, acquired, unilateral, bilateral, complete, partial, acute, or chronic. Depending on the degree and duration of the obstruction, clinical features vary greatly such as HYDRONEPHROSIS and obstructive nephropathy.
| Descriptor ID |
D014517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.725.776 C13.351.968.725.776
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| Concept/Terms |
Ureteral Obstruction- Ureteral Obstruction
- Obstruction, Ureteral
- Obstructions, Ureteral
- Ureteral Obstructions
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ureteral Obstruction" by people in Profiles.
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Emergent ureteric stent vs percutaneous nephrostomy for obstructive urolithiasis with sepsis: patterns of use and outcomes from a 15-year experience. BJU Int. 2013 Jul; 112(2):E122-8.
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Long-term success of antegrade endopyelotomy compared with pyeloplasty at a single institution. J Endourol. 2006 Oct; 20(10):707-12.