Advances in endosurgery. Treatment of ureteral-enteric anastomotic strictures.

The described endourologic technique of incision and dilation of a ureteral-intestinal stricture is effective in most patients. Indeed, with the outlined treatment regimen, less than 30 per cent of patients with ureteral-intestinal anastomotic strictures will eventually require open surgical revision. Further advances in the use of lasers or the endourologic positioning of free tissue grafts may further improve the success rate of the endoscopic approach.