Diagnosis and management of ureteric injury: An evidence-based analysis

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-289

  Brandes, Steven ^a   Coburn, Michael ^b   Armenakas, Noel ^c   McAninch, Jack ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

External; Iatrogenic; Injury; Trauma; Ureter

Indexed keywords

AVULSION INJURY; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTUSION; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEVASCULARIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FISTULA; GUNSHOT INJURY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIDNEY AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; LACERATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIGATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSTOMY; URINOMA;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSTOMY; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY FISTULA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 4344606551     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.04978.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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