Embryology, anatomy, and surgical applications of the kidney and ureter

Surg Clin North Am. 2000 Feb;80(1):381-401, xiv. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6109(05)70411-4.

Abstract

This article discusses the embryology and anatomy of the kidney and ureter. Surgical approaches, such as the lumbar and thoracoabdominal, are provided. Operations for kidney (i.e., radical nephrectomy, nephroureterectomy, and partial nephrectomy) and ureteric tumors also are discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Kidney / embryology
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney / surgery
  • Kidney Diseases / embryology
  • Kidney Diseases / pathology
  • Kidney Diseases / surgery*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / embryology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Nephrectomy
  • Ureter / embryology
  • Ureter / pathology
  • Ureter / surgery
  • Ureteral Diseases / embryology
  • Ureteral Diseases / pathology
  • Ureteral Diseases / surgery*
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / embryology
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / surgery*