title: Ureteroscopic holmium laser cutting for inadvertently sutured drainage tube (report of five cases).
abstract: The aim of this paper is to report a simple solution for inadvertently sutured drainage tube after urological surgery and discuss the different managements according to different types of this embarrassing complication. From September 2001 to January 2007, five inadvertently sutured drainage tubes were treated with ureteroscopic holmium laser cutting for the suture. All drainage tubes were removed after the operation without other complications. Holmium laser cutting via ureteroscope is a simple solution for the embarrassing problem of inadvertently sutured drainage tube. It can save the patient from undergoing another open surgery.
authors: The Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
authors: Xu
authors: X
authors: Gao
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Lu
authors: Shancheng
authors: S
authors: Ren
authors: Chuanliang
authors: C
authors: Xu
authors: Yinghao
authors: Y
authors: Sun
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006695:Holmium; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018666:Ureteroscopy; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D006695:Holmium
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