Endoscopic transvesicoparietal exteriorization of ureteral catheters
Chrétien, Y.; Choquenet, C.; Dufour, B.
Presse Medicale 17(25): 1312-1313
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0755-4982 PMID: 2969582 Document Number: 308012
Endoscopic introduction of catheter into the ureter for drainage has long been a common procedure, and recent advances in endoscopic urology have widened its indications. The ureteral catheter is usually exteriorized through the urethra and attached to the urethral catheter, but with this technique it tends to descend spontaneously and to create infections which are a possible cause of ureteral stenosis. A technique of endoscopic transvesicoparietal exteriorization of ureteral catheters without incision has been developed in 1982. The problems encountered in exteriorizing the ureteral catheter through the lumen of a suprapubic trocar have now been solved by using a bipodal forceps introduced into the trocar.