Distal ureteral replacement with tubularized porcine small intestine submucosa

Urology. 2002 Oct;60(4):697. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(02)01842-3.

Abstract

Extensive ureteral injury can result from renal stone disease, iatrogenic injury, or penetrating trauma. A significant ureteral stricture can be repaired using various techniques, including the psoas hitch, Boari flap, transureteroureterostomy, ileal ureter, or renal autotransplantation. We describe a woman with a 5-cm, ischemic uretero-Indiana pouch stricture that developed after cystectomy and urinary diversion. Severe pelvic fibrosis prevented adequate mobilization of the ureter and Indiana pouch and would not permit any of the above-mentioned procedures. We report the first human use of tubularized small intestine submucosa to successfully replace a 5-cm strictured segment of distal ureter.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cystectomy
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / transplantation*
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Swine
  • Transplantation, Heterologous / methods*
  • Ureter / surgery*
  • Ureteral Diseases / etiology*
  • Ureteral Diseases / surgery
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / surgery
  • Urinary Diversion / methods