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[Ureteral lesions caused by external trauma: diagnosis and treatment]
J S Soria Ruiz1, A Fernández Fernández, I Gómez Martínez
1Servicio de Urología, Complejo Hospitalario San Millán-San Pedro, Logroño, La Rioja, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|March 1, 1995
Abstract
Objectives:
We report our experience in the diagnosis and treatment of ureteral injury.
Methods:
Review of the experience in our hospital.
Results:
We describe two cases of complete rupture of the ureter from blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma that had been recognized late. A urinoma was the presenting feature in both cases. Treatment was by end-to-end anastomosis in the first case and by appendix interposition in the other case.
Conclusions:
Ureteral injuries owing to abdominal trauma are usually silent. Veriform appendix interposition of the ureter is, in selected cases, a therapeutic option.