The operation is performed to correct the defective “flap-valve” in which the ureter enters the bladder and thereby prevents reflux. The child is anesthetized, and an incision of a small bikini line is made. Through this, you can approach and open the bladder. The ureter hole is located, and around it is rendered a tiny triangular incision. The ureter is muscle-free dissected from the bladder.

When the ureter is able to slide freely in and out of the bladder wall, a small tunnel is made by your surgeon for each ureter. It is almost 2 cm long and has the end opening into the bladder. This tunnel is then passed through the ureter and stitched into shape. That is such that the sides of the ureter will be pushed closer in the future, as the bladder muscle contracts to transfer urine, and it will stop running back to the kidney.

The location of the ureter ‘s initial opening is then locked and the bladder is covered, too. A catheter is explained as a flexible drainage tube, which is left in the bladder and exits to drain urine from the bladder through the abdominal wound to allow for healing. All other stitches dissolve apart from the stitch holding the catheter in place and will not need to be removed after the operation.

Then a dressing is placed above the wound to protect the incision and healing aid.Depending on whether one or both ureters are reimplanted, the operation can take from 1-3 hours or usually takes one to two nights in hospital but some kids may go back to their home on the same day.