Pseudoaneurysm formation after flexible ureterorenoscopy and electrohydraulic lithotripsy

Int J Clin Pract. 2004 Mar;58(3):310-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.00046.x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Humans
  • Lithotripsy / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Renal Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery / injuries*
  • Ureteroscopy / adverse effects*