title: Right ureteral injury after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation.
abstract: Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation is a common procedure to treat atrial fibrillation. We describe a patient without a urologic history who had immediate abdominal pain after this treatment. Computed tomography scan and cystoscopy/retrograde pyelography confirmed a right proximal ureteral injury with urinary extravasation. The patient was treated with right ureteral stent placement and urethral catheter drainage. This case appears to be the first report of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation complicated by spontaneous ureteral injury related to blunt injury during manipulation of the transseptal sheaths or intracardiac catheters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA. shoestje@kumc.edu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hoestje
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bertsch
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lakkireddy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holzbeierlein
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014513:Ureter / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery