Buccal ureteroplasty in a patient with an extended stricture of the proximal ureter of a solitary kidney

Abstract

Buccal ureteroplasty is considered a rare operation in urology and the indications for its implementation are still not clearly defined. We have described a clinical case of successful replacement of a part of the proximal ureter with a buccal graft in a patient with a single kidney, which was drained for a long time with a nitinol stent, which was subsequently incrustated, which led to the installation of a permanent nephrostomy drainage. The patient had no postoperative complications, the patency of the urinary tract was fully restored.

Keywords

• buccal mucosa graft
• ureteral reconstruction
• ureteral stricture
• ureteroplasty