Simon Binder1,2, Alexander Boosz3, Ioannis Kolioulis3, Evgeni Baev3, Nadine Müller3, Janine Krämer3, Andreas Müller3. 1. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital, Karlsruhe, Germany. simon.binder@gmx.de. 2. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Diakonissenkrankenhaus Karlsruhe, Diakonissenstraße 28, 76199, Karlsruhe, Germany. simon.binder@gmx.de. 3. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to establish the rate at which routine postoperative renal ultrasonography is able to detect urinary tract injury following gynecological surgery. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was carried out for the study period 2015-2019 of all patients who had undergone subtotal or total hysterectomy, or radical hysterectomy or salpingectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, or oophorectomy, and subsequently had a urinary tract injury. RESULTS: In a total of 2068 patients, 25 urinary tract injuries occurred (1.21%), including 21 urinary bladder lesions (1.02%) and four ureteral injuries (0.19%). The incidence of urinary tract injuries was 3% in oncologic procedures and 0.86% in procedures for benign disease. Nineteen injuries (76%) were diagnosed intraoperatively, and six injuries (24%) were clinically diagnosed after surgery. All of the patients had uneventful postoperative renal ultrasound examinations. CONCLUSION: Routine postoperative renal ultrasonography was not capable of diagnosing urinary tract injuries after gynecologic surgery. Routine postoperative renal ultrasound examinations should, therefore, not be performed after gynecologic operations.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to establish the rate at which routine postoperative renal ultrasonography is able to detect urinary tract injury following gynecological surgery. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was carried out for the study period 2015-2019 of all patients who had undergone subtotal or total hysterectomy, or radical hysterectomy or salpingectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, or oophorectomy, and subsequently had a urinary tract injury. RESULTS: In a total of 2068 patients, 25 urinary tract injuries occurred (1.21%), including 21 urinary bladder lesions (1.02%) and four ureteral injuries (0.19%). The incidence of urinary tract injuries was 3% in oncologic procedures and 0.86% in procedures for benign disease. Nineteen injuries (76%) were diagnosed intraoperatively, and six injuries (24%) were clinically diagnosed after surgery. All of the patients had uneventful postoperative renal ultrasound examinations. CONCLUSION: Routine postoperative renal ultrasonography was not capable of diagnosing urinary tract injuries after gynecologic surgery. Routine postoperative renal ultrasound examinations should, therefore, not be performed after gynecologic operations.
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