ureteroproctostomy

US/jʊˌriːtəroʊˌprɑktəˈstɑmi/UK/jʊˌriːtərəʊˌprɒktəˈstɒmi/

noun

A form of urinary diversion involving the creation of an anastomosis between a ureter and the rectum.

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Meanings

nounureteroproctostomy (usually uncountable, plural ureteroproctostomies)

plural ureteroproctostomies

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineA form of urinary diversion involving the creation of an anastomosis between a ureter and the rectum.

    The ureteral catheters are passed through the holes and down toward the anus. Mucosa-to-mucosa ureteroproctostomies are made over the catheters with atraumatic chromic catgut. The catheters insure patency, prevent reflux, and temporarily divert urine from the suture line.

    1954 February 15, Oswald S. Lowsley, Thomas H. Johnson, Antonio E. Rueda, “Operation for Urinary Diversion”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 89

Origin

From uretero- + procto- + -stomy.

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