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The aim of this study was the assessment of the usefulness of the limited approach to the abdominal cavity (prepubic minilaparotomy) in intramural ureteral ectopia treatment in dogs. Five spayed bitches, from 2 to 8 years of age, with diagnosed congenital ureteral ectopia, were surgically treated. In three cases ectopia was diagnosed in the left ureter, and in remaining two cases in the right one. In the basic physical examination, the general state of the dogs was normal. In detailed examinations, chronic dermatitis and hyperpigmentation at the region of vulva and of thigh rear surface, resulting from their contact with leaking urine, were found in all individuals. In urographic examination, typical changes for ureteral ectopia were found. The surgeries were performed under general anaesthesia. The abdominal cavity was open by medial prepubic 5 cm incision. After dislocation of the bladder outside the abdominal cavity, its lumen was exposed via a ventral cystotomy. After the opening of the bladder, ectopic ureter was localised and a form of ectopia was diagnosed. Further stages of the surgery, aiming at replantation of ectopic ureter, were performed according to the conventional ureteroneocystostomy technique. During postoperative period, fast abatement and mitigation of urinary incontinence symptoms were observed in all the dogs. On the basis of the achieved effects, it can be stated that prepubic minilaparotomy is able to replace the standard operative approach, utilised while replanting ureters in bitches.