[Ureteral lesions in gynecologic surgery].
OBJECTIVE
Ureteral lesions during gynaecologic surgery are a serious problem, affecting morbidity even when they are diagnosed postoperatively.


METHODS
742 gynaecological surgical procedures performed between 1994 and 2000 at the Manuel Fajardo University Hospital where evaluated. Eight operations were complicated with ureteral lesions (1.07%); one patient suffered double lesions, for a total of 9 lesions.


RESULTS
9 ureteral lesions were treated in 8 patients, 7 of them were diagnosed in the postoperative period; 5 bladder reimplantations with submucosal bladder tunnel and 2 ureteral suture repairs (end to end) were performed. Delayed lesions were 2 ureteral-vaginal fistulae treated with nephrectomy and ureteroneocystostomy into a Boary's flap respectively. In both cases diagnosis was established by combination of ultrasound, intravenous pyelogram, cystoscopy, and retrograde catheterization. In all seven patients urinary tract integrity was demonstrated postoperatively.


CONCLUSIONS
Lower urinary tract integrity may be damaged during gynaecologic surgery, being bladder ureteral reimplantation with submucosal tunnel the most frequently used repairing procedure. Operations for benign diseases had fewer lesions (0.47%) than malignant (4.8%).
Ares Valdés
Yolanda
Y
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Manuel Fajardo, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba. ares@infomed.sld.cu
Romero Díaz
Carlos A
CA
Mederos Curbelo
Orestes N
ON
Hernández Silverio
Dámaso
D
Alonso Domínguez
Francisco
F
Cantero Ronquillo
Alexis
A
D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D003559:Cystostomy; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000601:surgery; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D015994:Incidence; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014513:Ureter / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014624:Vaginal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery