[Endoscopic management of postoperative ureteral wound. Retrospective unicentric study from October 2003 to June 2014].
CONCLUSION: The management is based primarily on early detection or intraoperative, and on a correct initial knowledge of the location and size of the lesion. Endoscopic treatment can in most cases treated with a simple and minimally invasive operation an ureteral wound with nearly 90% success rate. In more complex wounds, endoscopy remains a step in the management with about 30% success rate in our study.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 5.
PMID: 27209220 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Progres en Urologie - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Prog Urol Source Type: research
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