Management of ureteral injuries associated with vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 531-535

  Kim, Ja Hong ^a   Moore, Courtenay ^a   Jones, J Stephen ^a   Rackley, Raymond ^a   Daneshgari, Firouz ^a   Goldman, Howard ^a   Vasavada, Sandip ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Pelvic organ prolapse; Transvaginal surgery; Ureteral injury; Uterosacral ligament suspension; Vaginal vault suspension

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THERAPY DELAY; URETER FISTULA; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33746581212     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-005-0020-7     Document Type: Review

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