BACKGROUND Stents offer a simple and effective drainage method for the upper urinary tract. However, ureteral stents are associated with frequent side effects, including irritative voiding symptoms and hematuria. OBJECTIVES To determine the side effects associated with ureteral stents and their impact on sexual function and quality of life. METHODS Symptom questionnaires were administered t...

OBJECTIVE Laparoscopic ureteral surgery is becoming increasingly common; however, advanced laparoscopic skills are required due to the precise suturing involved. Because of the size of the ureter and need for careful mucosal apposition to prevent stricturing, there is less room for error than with larger lumens, as in pyeloplasty. We sought to identify whether the presence of a stent is benefic...

PURPOSE We report our long-term experience with the management of benign ureteroileal anastomotic strictures using self-expandable metal stents. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 16 male and 2 female patients with a mean+/-SD age of 72+/-7 years (range 66 to 78) with benign fibrotic strictures at the site of ureteroileal anastomosis underwent implantation of self-expandable metal stents with a...

This presentation discusses a rare case of pessary incarceration complicated by vesicovaginal fistula requiring ureteroneocystostomy. The patient is an 81-year-old who presented to the office with continuous leakage urine. She had history pelvic organ prolapse that was treated Gellhorn for past 5 years, however, she lost follow-up 2 years ago. On physical examination and cystoscopy, patient’s f...

conclusion hsg is considered to have a high sensitivity and specificity. hsg and laparoscopy are not alternative, but are the complementary methods in the examination of no tubal patency. results the sensitivity and specificity of hsg on bilateral tubal patency or no bilateral tubal patency were 92.1% and 85.7% respectively. the positive and negative predictive values were 97.2% and 66.7%, and ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the rate of intrinsic ureteral endometriosis in patients presenting with severe ureteral endometriosis. DESIGN Observational study between June 1992 and December 2007. SETTING University tertiary referral center. PATIENT(S) Twenty-nine patients presenting deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with severe ureteral endometriosis. Severe ureteral endometriosis was def...

You have accessJournal of UrologyTrauma/Reconstruction/Diversion: Ureter (including Pyeloplasty) and Bladder Reconstruction fistula), Augmentation, Substitution, Diversion II (MP53)1 Sep 2021MP53-02 RECONSTRUCTION OF OBLITERATED URETERAL STRICTURES IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DIFFICULTY Randall Lee, Ziho Aeen Asghar, David Strauss, Robert Harrison, Nathan Cheng, Lee Zhao, Michael Stifelman, Da...

From July, 1987 to Oct, 1989 , 104 patients underwent 111 transurethral ureteroscopy procedures at the Air Force Medical Center. All intramural ureters were dilated by flexible metal dilators. The overall success rate for ureteral stone removal was 95.8 per cent. Ureteroscopy was done for evaluation of gross hematuria, strictures, ureteral stent, and ureteral and pyelocalyceal tumors. The ...

30 cases of obstructing proximal ureteral stones at the level of L3-L5 which could not be pushed back into the pelvis and passed by a guide wire under epidural anesthesia, were removed percutaneously with the rigid ureteroscope. Multiple stones in one ureter, bilateral ureteral stones and a ureteral stone of a solitary kidney were removed successfully in one session showing the reliability...