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  • Title: [Roentgenoendoscopic therapy of ureteral injuries after obstetric-gynecological surgery].
    Author: Martov AG, Maslov SA, Saliukov RV, Lisenok AA.
    Journal: Urologiia; 2006; (1):11-5. PubMed ID: 16550815.
    Abstract:
    Ureteral injuries as a complication of obstetric-gynecological operations occur in 0.37% of cases and are accompanied by formation of stricture or ureteral obliteration, development of uretero-vaginal fistula. Roentgenoendoscopic technologies offer a new solution of the problem of restoration of ureteral passability and elimination of urogenital fistulas. Roentgenoendoscopic treatment of ureteral injuries was made in 14 patients: for obliteration of the lower third of the ureter in 5 cases, stricture of the lower third of the ureter in 9 cases, stricture in combination with uretero-vaginal fistula. The length of the injury varied from 0.2 to 1.5 cm (mean--0.6 cm). Two patients have undergone optic buerginage of ureteral stricture followed by balloon dilation, 7 patients--optic endoureterotomy, 5--ureteral recanalization. Three patients with ureterovaginal fistulas had one-stage fistula fulguration. The operations finished with internal stenting for 6-18 weeks. Normal urine passage recovered in 12 of 14 (85.7%) patients. The fistula disappeared in 3 patients. Thus, roentgenoendoscopic treatment of ureteral injuries after obstetric-gynecological surgery produce positive results in most cases and raises quality of the patients' life.
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