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Pseudo‐ureter: a Complication of Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy
Author(s) -
Cronan J. J.,
Dorfman G. S.,
Esplin C. A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1988.tb13961.x
Subject(s) - renal pelvis , ureter , medicine , complication , lithotripsy , percutaneous , stent , surgery , lumen (anatomy) , catheter , ureteroscopy , radiology
Summary— In 3 previously healthy patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotripsy complicated by perforation of the medial wall of the renal pelvis, a false channel or “pseudo‐ureter” formed around the ureteric stent catheter, starting from the renal pelvis and re‐entering the upper ureter. Recognition occurred 2 to 3 days after lithotripsy during nephrostography and the complication was treated by re‐positioning the stent into the true ureteric lumen. All patients are well 7 to 10 months after lithotripsy and there have been no long‐term complications.