Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 285-289 , August 2006

Laparoscopic transposition of lower pole vessels – the ‘vascular hitch’: An alternative to dismembered pyeloplasty for pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction in children

  • P. Godbole

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sheffield Children's NHS Trust, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK. Tel.: +44 114 271 7339; fax: +44 114 226 0543.
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  • I. Mushtaq
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  • D.T. Wilcox
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  • P.G. Duffy

Received 8 August 2005 ,Accepted 23 November 2005.

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PII: S1477-5131(06)00015-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2005.11.017

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 285-289 , August 2006

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