Iatrogenic ureteral injury due to lumbar sympathetic block.
Lumbar sympathetic block (LSB) is used in the management of sympathetically maintained pain states. Complications of LSB include infection, injury of spinal cord or somatic nerve, kidney trauma, hypotension, paraplegia and genitofemoral neuralgia. This report presents the case of a 53-year-old woman who had undergone LSB for relief of reflex sympathetic dystrophy and subsequently disrupted right proximal ureter. She was treated with ureteroureterostomy and indwelling ureteral stent.
Dirim
Ayhan
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Department of Urology, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. drayhan_dirim@yahoo.com
Kumsar
Sükrü
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D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D000431:Ethanol; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008875:Middle Aged; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000188:drug therapy; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D053584:Urinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography
D000431:Ethanol