@Article{,
AUTHOR = {Prodromos Philippou, David Payne, Francis Keeley},
TITLE = {“Let’s get it straight”:  the story of the spiral ureter},
JOURNAL = {Canadian Journal of Urology},
VOLUME = {19},
YEAR = {2012},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {6118--6120},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CJU/v19n1/61845},
ISSN = {1488-5581},
ABSTRACT = {A “corkscrew deformity” of the proximal ureter is a rare 
congenital anomaly that typically lacks any postnatal 
clinical significance. The rarity of this entity, however, 
has not allowed the clarification of its natural history and 
the ideal approach to its management. <br/>
We herein present a case of a 27-year-old female patient 
who presented with right flank pain and significant 
hydronephrosis. On retrograde ureterography, a typical 
spiral configuration of the proximal ureter was noted. 
The patient underwent successful reconstruction by 
laparoscopic transperitoneal dismembered pyeloplasty. 
We report the first use of laparoscopic reconstruction for 
the management of “corkscrew deformity” of the proximal 
ureter and we focus on the imaging findings, technical 
details, advantages and limitations of this technique.},
DOI = {}
}