Ureteric injury: A challenging condition to diagnose and manage

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-115

  Abboudi, Hamid ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Royle, Justine ^b   Khan, Mohammed Shamim ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a   N'Dow, James ^b  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAW SUIT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URETER FISTULA; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY; URETEROURETEROSTOMY; URINOMA; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; URETER; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84873708062     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2012.254     Document Type: Review

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