Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The operative establishment of a permanent opening between a ureter and some neighboring hollow viscus or the surface of the body.

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Examples

  • The donor kidney was anastomosed in the antecubital space under local anesthesia using a cutaneous ureterostomy.

    Joseph E. Murray - Nobel Lecture 1990

  • Urine was collected in a bag from a skin ureterostomy (22).

    Joseph E. Murray - Nobel Lecture 1990

  • The reason I thought this paper was important is because in pediatric urology, the argument is made for a lower uretero-ureterostomy mostly done open instead of a high uretero-pyelostomy done laparosocpically for duplex anomalies.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • The reason I thought this paper was important is because in pediatric urology, the argument is made for a lower uretero-ureterostomy mostly done open instead of a high uretero-pyelostomy done laparosocpically for duplex anomalies.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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