[Controversies concerning the treatment of ureteral complications following kidney transplantation]

Arch Ital Urol Nefrol Androl. 1993 Mar;65(1):59-62.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The ureteral complications after renal transplantation are urine leakage, stenosis and vesicoureteral reflux. The treatment is influenced by immunosuppression and difficult surgery (for bleeding and fibrosis). We report 8 cases with ureteral complication after renal transplantation. Stenosis were present in 5 cases: we performed ureterocystoneostomy by Politano-Leadbetter technique in 4 and pyelocystoanastomosis in 1. Vesicoureteral reflux were present in 3 cases: we preformed ureterocystoneostomy by Politano-Leadbetter technique in 2 and endoscopic infiltration with teflon of ureterovesical junction in 1. At present all patients have a normal renal function and absence of urinary tract infection.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cystostomy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Ureteral Diseases / etiology*
  • Ureteral Diseases / therapy
  • Ureteral Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Obstruction / etiology
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery
  • Urography
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / etiology
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / therapy