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McDougall E, Elashry O, Clayman R, Humphrey P, Rayah H. Laparoscopic pyeloplasty in the animal model. JSLS Journal Of The Society Of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons 1997, 1: 113-8. PMID: 9876657, PMCID: PMC3021264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaparoscopic pyeloplastyIntracorporeal suturing techniquesOperative timeEndostitch deviceSecondary ureteropelvic junction obstructionSuturing techniqueDifferent laparoscopic techniquesUnilateral UPJ obstructionLonger operative timeUreteropelvic junction obstructionLapra-Ty clipsRenal functionRenal scanSerum creatinineRenal biopsyUrine cultureGeneral anesthesiaJunction obstructionRetrograde pyelographyUreteral catheterizationLaparoscopic techniqueUPJ obstruction