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Nikit Patel1, Amil Shah1, Varun Talanki1
1Department of Urology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
Urology Case Reports
|January 25, 2021
Abstract:
Entry into the retroperitoneal space during Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MI-TLIF) presents a rare possibility of iatrogenic ureteral injury. Rare complications of ureteral injury after previous open posterior spinal surgery have been reported however there is a paucity of reports after a minimally invasive technique. We now describe a case of ureteral injury after MI-TLIF.

