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Holmium:YAG laser endoureterotomy in the treatment of ureteroenteric stricture following Indiana urinary diversion
Author(s) -
Yamada Yoshiaki,
Honda Nobuaki,
Hibi Hatsuki,
Taki Tomohiro,
Mitsui Kenji,
Fukatsu Hidetoshi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2001.00308.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary diversion , anastomosis , surgery , holmium , laser , urinary system , urology , optics , anatomy , physics , bladder cancer , cancer , cystectomy
A 57‐year‐old man who had received radical urethrocystectomy and Indiana urinary diversion 6 months earlier was treated for ureteroenteric anastomosis stricture (left side) using a Holmium:YAG laser via antegrade approach. The availability of small (6.9 Fr) flexible ureteroscope, as well as the use of the Holmium:YAG laser has facilitated the ability to precisely incise the stricture under direct endoscopic visualization. The technique is described for laser endoureterotomy in a patient with ureteroenteric stricture following Indiana urinary diversion.