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A case is described of a patient whose right upper ureter had been injured during appendectomy. The defect was too long so we performed ileal substitution for ureter.
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Baykal, K., Önol, Y., Albayrak, S. et al. Ureteral injury during appendectomy. International Urology and Nephrology 28, 709–711 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552169
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