Renal pelvis and ureter / Narath, Peter A.

The embryology of the ureter and the renal pelvis.-The final form of the renal pelvis:the normal renal pelvis, anomalies of the upper urinary tract, malformations of the upper urinary tract.-The normal anatomy of the ureter and the renal pelvis: the ureter, the renal pelvis, the capsula adiposa and fibrosa and their relationship to the renal pelvis, the sinus renalis, the arterial system, the venous system, the lymphatic system, the nervous system.-The normal histology of the renal pelvis and the ureter: the capsula fibrosa, the papilla, the fornix calycis, the neck of the calyx, the true pelvis, the ureter.-The dynamics of the upper urinary tract: the dynamics of the calyces and the true pelvis, the dynamics of the ureter.-The tonus of the urinary tract: theory and experiments, symtom.-Resorption and absorption in the upper urinary tract: pyelocanalicular backflow, pyelosinous transflow, sinolymphatic absorption, sinovenous ingression, conclusions.-Various form of extravasations:extravasations due to trauma during the course of retrograde pyelography, extravasations from the renal pelvis due to pathologic processes.-The roentgenography of the upper urinary tract: retrograde ureteropyelography, intravenous urography, Comparison between retrograde and intravenous urography.