Ureteric injury after lumbosacral microdiscectomy: A case report and review of literature

Microdiscectomy is considered a very safe procedure with few serious complications. Ureteric injury following microdiscectomy is rarely reported in the literature. We report a rare case of iatrogenic ureteric injury following L5-S1 microdiscectomy for prolapsed intervertebral disc which was detected...

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Published inUrology annals Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 200 - 203
Main Authors Garg, Nitin, Panwar, Pankaj, Devana, Sudheer Kumar, Ravi Mohan, S M, Mandal, A K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2017
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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Case Report
Case reports
Injuries
Latrogenic
microdiscectomy
prolapsed intervertebral disc
Surgery
ureteric injury
ureteric injury
Latrogenic
prolapsed intervertebral disc
microdiscectomy
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Summary:Microdiscectomy is considered a very safe procedure with few serious complications. Ureteric injury following microdiscectomy is rarely reported in the literature. We report a rare case of iatrogenic ureteric injury following L5-S1 microdiscectomy for prolapsed intervertebral disc which was detected early and managed in time.
ISSN:0974-7796
0974-7834
DOI:10.4103/0974-7796.204191