Tips and tricks for uterosacral ligament suspension: how to avoid ureteral injury. 2018

Stefano Manodoro, and Matteo Frigerio, and Rodolfo Milani, and Federico Spelzini
AUSL della Romagna - Ospedale Infermi, Rimini, Italy. stefano.manodoro@gmail.com.

Uterosacral ligament (USL) suspension is an effective and versatile surgical technique for repairing pelvic organ prolapse. However, ureteral injury is a feared complication that may act as a significant deterrent to the use of USL suspension. The aim of the video is to provide key steps to minimize the risk of ureteral injury while achieving successful transvaginal USL suspension. The featured video provides a series of surgical tips and tricks that can be applied to protect the ureters while achieving USL suspension whether the procedure contemplated is vaginal hysterectomy, vaginal vault repair after hysterectomy, or hysteropexy. The tips and tricks are classified into four categories: identification of the USLs, identification of the ureters, passage of the sutures, and final measures. The USL suspension technique requires adequate surgical training and an understanding of pelvic anatomy. This tips and tricks video tutorial may be an important tool for improving surgical know-how, and thus for reducing the risk of ureteral injury. In particular, identification of the USLs and ureters, proper suture positioning and final cystoscopy are key points to minimize ureteral damage.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008022 Ligaments Shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue connecting together articular extremities of bones. They are pliant, tough, and inextensile. Interosseal Ligament,Interosseous Ligament,Interosseal Ligaments,Interosseous Ligaments,Ligament,Ligament, Interosseal,Ligament, Interosseous
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013509 Gynecologic Surgical Procedures Surgery performed on the female genitalia. Gynecologic Surgery,Gynecologic Surgical Procedure,Gynecological Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Gynecologic Surgical,Procedures, Gynecologic Surgical,Surgery, Gynecological,Surgical Procedure, Gynecologic,Surgical Procedures, Gynecologic,Gynecologic Surgeries,Gynecological Surgeries,Gynecological Surgery,Gynecological Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Gynecological Surgical,Procedures, Gynecological Surgical,Surgeries, Gynecologic,Surgeries, Gynecological,Surgery, Gynecologic,Surgical Procedure, Gynecological,Surgical Procedures, Gynecological
D013536 Suture Techniques Techniques for securing together the edges of a wound, with loops of thread or similar materials (SUTURES). Suture Technics,Suture Technic,Suture Technique,Technic, Suture,Technics, Suture,Technique, Suture,Techniques, Suture
D014513 Ureter One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER. Ureters
D014621 Vagina The genital canal in the female, extending from the UTERUS to the VULVA. (Stedman, 25th ed) Vaginas
D014741 Video Recording The storing or preserving of video signals to be played back later via a transmitter or receiver. Audiovisual Recording,Videorecording,Audiovisual Recordings,Recording, Audiovisual,Recording, Video,Recordings, Audiovisual,Recordings, Video,Video Recordings,Videorecordings
D056887 Pelvic Organ Prolapse Abnormal descent of a pelvic organ resulting in the protrusion of the organ beyond its normal anatomical confines. Symptoms often include vaginal discomfort, DYSPAREUNIA; URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE; and FECAL INCONTINENCE. Urogenital Prolapse,Vaginal Vault Prolapse,Organ Prolapse, Pelvic,Organ Prolapses, Pelvic,Pelvic Organ Prolapses,Prolapse, Pelvic Organ,Prolapse, Urogenital,Prolapse, Vaginal Vault,Prolapses, Pelvic Organ,Prolapses, Urogenital,Prolapses, Vaginal Vault,Urogenital Prolapses,Vaginal Vault Prolapses,Vault Prolapse, Vaginal,Vault Prolapses, Vaginal

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