2012, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp 277 – 279

Strategies of preventing ureteral iatrogenic injuries in obstetrics-gynecology

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Correspondence to:: Octavian Munteanu 169 Splaiul Independenţei, District 5, Bucharest, Romania Phone: 021 318 05 19 INT 521, Mobile: 0722650092, E-mail: octav_munteanu@yahoo.com

Abstract

The incidence of ureteral lesions varies between 0.1% and 30% depending on the type of the surgical intervention. However, the surgical interventions in Obstetrics and Gynecology are responsible for 50% of the total iatrogenic ureteral lesions. Sadly, only 1/3 of the iatrogenic ureteral lesions are recognized during surgeries and 25% of the unrecognized cases of ureteral lesions lead towards the loss of the damaged kidney, while a delayed diagnostic may also lead to a progressive deterioration of the renal function. On this matter, of decreasing the rate of morbidity and the following forensic risks, the gynecologist surgeon must be able to anticipate the potential apparition of a specific ureteral lesion, based on the known risk factors of the patient, so that he can then prevent the iatrogenic ureteral lesion.

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PMC ID: 3487176
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Article Publishing Date (print): 15-09-2012
Available Online: 25-09-2012

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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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