title: Spontaneous perforation of the ureter: a rare complication of urolithiasis.
abstract: The spontaneous rupture of the ureter is a rare condition. A case of a girl is reported with a spontaneous perforation caused by ureteral and renal calculi. The concomitant urinoma was drained and the ureter splinted with a double-J catheter. The calculi were destroyed by extracorporal piezoelectric lithotripsy without anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Kinderklinik, Kinderchirurgie, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leuthardt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernhardt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gasser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kummer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008096:Lithotripsy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy