Traumatic ureteral injuries with delayed recognition.
Review of ureteral injuries treated in the past ten years at the Los Angeles County-University of Souther California Medical Center revealed 9 cases of traumatic injury which escaped immediate recognition. These patients were found to have a poor prognosis with a higher incidence of nephrectomy when compared with those patients with immediate diagnosis and treatment.
D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014513:Ureter / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications