Open AccessPseudoaneurysm formation after flexible ureterorenoscopy and electrohydraulic lithotripsy
Author(s) -
Aston W.,
Whiting R.,
Bultitude M.,
Challacombe B.,
Glass J.,
Dasgupta P.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1742-1241
pISSN - 1368-5031
DOI - 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.00046.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , lithotripsy , complication , surgery , urinary system , urology , anatomy
Summary Although electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) is regularly used to fragment urinary calculi, it has the potential to cause significant renal tract damage. We report a complication of EHL use during flexible ureterorenoscopy, where recovery was complicated by delayed, prolonged haematuria secondary to the formation of a pseudoaneurysm in an interlobar renal artery. Embolisation was achieved by the insertion of a coil.