Iatrogenic ureteral injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 13-year-old boy.
We present a report of a delayed ureteral injury after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The patient presented with one episode of gross hematuria after surgery. He was treated with ureteral stent drainage and did well with no long-term sequelae.
Chacko
Job K
JK
A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA. jchacko@nemours.org
Noh
Paul S
PS
Barthold
Julia S
JS
Figueroa
T Ernesto
TE
Gonzalez
Ricardo
R
D000293:Adolescent; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*