Ureteral Surgery and Complication.
- Author:
Soon Chan KIM
1
;
Sung Kun KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
ureteral surgery;
complication
- MeSH:
Hematuria;
Humans;
Retrospective Studies;
Ureter*;
Urinary Diversion;
Urinary Tract
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1982;23(6):790-796
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ureteral surgery is one of the most common operation in urinary tract, for that reason, the postoperative clinical progress and complications are various and complicate. A retrospective study was`conducted on 153 patients who had undergone ureteral surgery, which were ureterolithotomy (69), ureteral instrumentation for lower ureteral stone (72), ureteroneocystostomy (5), urinary diversion (5), ureteroplasty (1) and ureterectomy combined with ureterocelectomy (1). Various complications occured in 57 patients of total 153 patients who had undergone ureteral surgery. The most common complications of each of ureterolithotomy and ureteral instrumentation as the common ureteral surgery were 21 cases (30.4%) of urinary leakage among 69 ureterolithotomies and 13 cases (18.1%) of gross hematuria among 72 ureteral instrumentations.
