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Ureteral Injuries Secondary to Operative Procedures

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Traumatologie des Urogenitaltraktes

Part of the book series: Handbuch der Urologie · Encyclopedia of Urology ((HDBUROL,volume 14))

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Abstract

The ureter, because of its small size and excessive mobility, is too frequently injured during the course of abdominal or pelvic surgery. An incidence between 0.4% and 30% (Table 1) has been published for gynecologic procedures. Uncomplicated hysterectomy has the lowest incidence of injury and the radical hysterectomy (Wertheim) has the highest. In addition to gynecologic operations, there are numerous general surgical procedures which have been reported to involve ureteral injuries (Table 2). Women are more often affected than men because of the greater number of pelvic operations in females. Higgins (1962), reporting 65 cases, stated that the left ureter is injured 55.3% of the time, the right 30.7%. Bilateral injuries occur in 13.8%.

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  1. Abteilung für Urologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Rhein.- Westf. Technische Hochschule Aachen, Goethestraße 27/29, D-5100, Aachen, Deutschland

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Peters, P.C., Bright, T.C., Kibbey, R.G. (1981). Ureteral Injuries Secondary to Operative Procedures. In: Lutzeyer, W. (eds) Traumatologie des Urogenitaltraktes. Handbuch der Urologie · Encyclopedia of Urology, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80573-8_6

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