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Bilateral intrinsic ureteral fibrosis after pregnancy: role of laparoscopy in diagnosis and surgical management

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. We thank K. Shashok (AuthorAID in the Eastern Mediterranean) for improving the use of English in the manuscript

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  1. Department of Urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Alireza Aminsharifi & Amirhossein Aminsharifi

  2. Laparoscopy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Alireza Aminsharifi

  3. Department of Urology Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Sara Pakbaz

  4. Shaheed Faghihi Hospital, P.O. Box: 71344, Zand Street, Shiraz, Iran

    Alireza Aminsharifi

  5. Department of Gynecology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Mettler Liselotte

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Intrinsic ureteral fibrosis after pregnancy as a rare cause of persistent hydroureteronephrosis may occur. It may be a diagnostically challenging condition and can be diagnosed and managed laparoscopically.

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Aminsharifi, A., Aminsharifi, A., Pakbaz, S. et al. Bilateral intrinsic ureteral fibrosis after pregnancy: role of laparoscopy in diagnosis and surgical management. Gynecol Surg 13, 199–202 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10397-015-0928-y

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