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How is the ureter of a transplanted kidney connected after surgery?
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British surgeon Andrew Ready flushing a donated kidney during a transplant at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England, 2006.
During a kidney transplant, the ureter of the donor kidney is connected to the recipient's urinary system in one of two ways: it is either connected to the recipient's existing ureter or attached directly to the urinary bladder.1