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Successful treatment of upper ureteral injury using renal autotransplantation. 2009

Daimantas Milonas, and Saulius Stirbys, and Mindaugas Jievaltas

Department of Urology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania. daimantasmilonas@yahoo.com

BACKGROUND Ureteral injuries are uncommon. Upper ureteral defect more than 7-8 cm in length is a challenge for urologists, requiring experience and several steps in its management. We report a case of iatrogenic upper urinary tract injury and successful treatment of 8-cm ureteral defect using autotransplantation of the kidney. METHODS A male patient underwent surgery due to retroperitoneal tumor. Iatrogenic ureteral injury was recognized 18 days after operation. Three-step management of urinary tract injury was performed. The first step included minimally invasive recovery of the urine flow and treatment of infection. The second step was unsuccessful renal descensus and new formation ureteropyeloanastomosis because of difficulties of kidney mobilization caused by previous surgery. The third step included a successful autotransplantation of the kidney and complete reconstruction of the urinary tract. CONCLUSIONS Autotransplantation can be successfully used for the management of long upper ureteral injury in referral urological centers.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007049	Iatrogenic Disease	Any adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician, surgeon, or other health professional, especially infections acquired by a patient during the course of treatment.	Hospital-Acquired Condition,Condition, Hospital-Acquired,Conditions, Hospital-Acquired,Disease, Iatrogenic,Diseases, Iatrogenic,Hospital Acquired Condition,Hospital-Acquired Conditions,Iatrogenic Diseases
D007431	Intraoperative Complications	Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.	Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009403	Nephrostomy, Percutaneous	The insertion of a catheter through the skin and body wall into the kidney pelvis, mainly to provide urine drainage where the ureter is not functional. It is used also to remove or dissolve renal calculi and to diagnose ureteral obstruction.	Percutaneous Nephrostomy,Nephrostomies, Percutaneous,Percutaneous Nephrostomies
D012017	Referral and Consultation	The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.	Consultation,Gatekeepers, Health Service,Hospital Referral,Second Opinion,Consultation and Referral,Health Service Gatekeepers,Hospital Referrals,Referral,Referral, Hospital,Referrals, Hospital,Consultations,Gatekeeper, Health Service,Health Service Gatekeeper,Opinion, Second,Opinions, Second,Referrals,Second Opinions
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006869	Hydronephrosis	Abnormal enlargement or swelling of a KIDNEY due to dilation of the KIDNEY CALICES and the KIDNEY PELVIS. It is often associated with obstruction of the URETER or chronic kidney diseases that prevents normal drainage of urine into the URINARY BLADDER.	Hydronephroses
D012186	Retroperitoneal Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue in the RETROPERITONEAL SPACE.	Neoplasm, Retroperitoneal,Neoplasms, Retroperitoneal,Retroperitoneal Neoplasm