TY - JOUR
T1 - Ureteroscopic approach to early postoperative ureteral obstruction in the renal transplant patient
AU - Scarpa, Roberto Mario
AU - De Lisa, Antonello
AU - Porru, Daniele
AU - Usai, Enzo
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The ureteroscopic treatment of acute postoperative ureteral obstruction in a kidney transplant patient is presented. This approach was made possible by the use of thin instruments, which do not require predilation, and was chosen in place of antegrade nephrostomy or open surgical access. The concept that the ureteroscope must be adapted to the ureter and its characteristics and not vice versa is stressed. The increasingly widespread availability and use of thin and ultrathin ureteroscopes will ensure that this approach is likely to become the rule rather than the exception in the future.
AB - The ureteroscopic treatment of acute postoperative ureteral obstruction in a kidney transplant patient is presented. This approach was made possible by the use of thin instruments, which do not require predilation, and was chosen in place of antegrade nephrostomy or open surgical access. The concept that the ureteroscope must be adapted to the ureter and its characteristics and not vice versa is stressed. The increasingly widespread availability and use of thin and ultrathin ureteroscopes will ensure that this approach is likely to become the rule rather than the exception in the future.
KW - Kidney transplantation
KW - Ureteral obstruction, postoperative
KW - Ureteroscopic treatment
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U2 - 10.1159/000030307
DO - 10.1159/000030307
M3 - Article
C2 - 9873259
AN - SCOPUS:0032426826
VL - 61
SP - 132
EP - 134
JO - Urologia Internationalis
JF - Urologia Internationalis
SN - 0042-1138
IS - 2
ER -