Table 1 Patient and injury characteristics, and description of surgery performed during injury.
From: A delayed diagnosis of iatrogenic ureteral injury results in increased morbidity
Patient characteristics | n = 108 (100%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Men | 24 (22%) |
Women | 84 (78%) |
Age (median) | 56 years |
Former laparotomy | |
Yes | 28 (26%) |
No | 80 (74%) |
Anatomical location | |
Proximal ureter | 5 (5%) |
Middle ureter | 7 (6%) |
Distal ureter | 93 (86%) |
Missing | 3 (3%) |
Degree of injury | |
Laceration/perforation/ligation/unknown | 62 (57%) |
Total rupture | 46 (43%) |
Side | |
Left | 52 (48%) |
Right | 50 (46%) |
Bilateral | 6 (6%) |
Type of surgery | |
Laparotomy | 78 (72%) |
Laparoscopic or robot assisted surgery | 30 (28%) |
Injury by department | |
Gynaecological | 74 (69%) |
Urologic | 9 (8%) |
Othera | 25 (23%) |
Procedure | |
Hysterectomy | 52 (48%) |
Bowel resection | 23 (21%) |
Other | 33 (31%)1 |
Time of diagnosis | |
Intraoperatively | 59 (55%) |
Within 1 week | 17 (16%) |
Later then 1 week | 32 (29%) |
