EXPERIENCE WITH A TRANSURETHRAL REMOVAL OF THE URETER IN TOTAL NEPHROURETERECTOMY
1985 Volume 76 Issue 8 Pages 1119-1124
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1985 Volume 76 Issue 8 Pages 1119-1124
Transurethral removal of the ureter in surgical treatment for the tumors of the renal pelvis has been recently reported from several centers.
We have also employed similar techniques in 7 cases with renal cell carcinoma and 5 cases with tumor of the renal pelvis. Two methods of ours in removing the ureter were the transurethral ureteral pull-through and transurethral ureteral resection. It seems that the former is sufficient in the most of cases and the latter should be done only in cases with difficulties in detouchment of the ureter from the bladder wall. No appreciable clinical side effects such as retroperitoneal urine leak or hemorrhage during and after the operation was seen in all 12 cases. We recommend, therefore, that transurethral removal of the ureter is useful to remember because of its easiness and nonivasiveness.
