title: Pseudoaneurysm formation after flexible ureterorenoscopy and electrohydraulic lithotripsy.
abstract: Although electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) is regularly used to fragment urinary calculi, it has the potential to cause significant renal tract damage. We report a complication of EHL use during flexible ureterorenoscopy, where recovery was complicated by delayed, prolonged haematuria secondary to the formation of a pseudoaneurysm in an interlobar renal artery. Embolisation was achieved by the insertion of a coil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Aston
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whiting
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bultitude
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Challacombe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*