Management of iatrogenic ureteric injuries associated with gynecological surgery

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-35

  Rafique, Muhammad ^a   Arif, M Hanif ^b  

^a Nishtar Medical College ^*  (Pakistan)

^b NISHTAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gynecology; Iatrogenic; Injury; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANURIA; ARTICLE; CATGUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; OVARY; OVARY CYST; PAKISTAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROPHYLAXIS; PSOAS MUSCLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER FISTULA; URETER INJURY; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETER;

EID: 0036946003     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021320409583     Document Type: Article

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