"Ureteral Obstruction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Blockage in any part of the URETER causing obstruction of urine flow from the kidney to the URINARY BLADDER. The obstruction may be congenital, acquired, unilateral, bilateral, complete, partial, acute, or chronic. Depending on the degree and duration of the obstruction, clinical features vary greatly such as HYDRONEPHROSIS and obstructive nephropathy.
| Descriptor ID |
D014517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.725.776 C13.351.968.725.776
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| Concept/Terms |
Ureteral Obstruction- Ureteral Obstruction
- Obstruction, Ureteral
- Obstructions, Ureteral
- Ureteral Obstructions
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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