| Ureteroscopic management of sepsis associated with ureteral stone impaction: is it still contraindicated? | |
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PMID: 15897696 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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INTRODUCTION: Retrograde decompression is generally not advocated for patients with sepsis owing to ureteral obstruction by stone impaction, and the initial treatment of choice is percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN). We report our experience with the treatment of urosepsis with retrograde ureteroscopy (URS) instead of PCN drainage. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-six consecutive patients diagnosed with ureteral stone-related sepsis received URS as primary treatment at our institution. Patients with uncontrollable sepsis underwent emergent URS and hemodynamically stable patients underwent elective URS within two days of diagnosis. RESULTS: URS was successful in 53 (94.6%) of the 56 patients. PCN was performed in the 3 cases of URS failure. Internal ureteral stenting was performed in 48 patients. Secondary procedures were performed in 10 (18.9%) patients. Twenty-six patients suffered from postoperative fever for an average of 1.6 days (range 1-4 days). There were no anesthesia-related morbidities, postoperative exacerbations of the clinical condition, or postoperative deaths. The median length of hospital stay was 7 days (range 3-94 days). CONCLUSION: PCN drainage is the standard treatment of sepsis associated with ureteral stone obstruction. However, our results show that URS can be safely and successfully performed by skilled endourologists in select clinical situations. |
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Authors:
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Jong-Ming Hsu; Marcelo Chen; Wen-Chou Lin; Huang-Kuang Chang; Stone Yang |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Urologia internationalis Volume: 74 ISSN: 0042-1138 ISO Abbreviation: Urol. Int. Publication Date: 2005 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-05-17 Completed Date: 2005-09-20 Revised Date: 2006-10-30 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0417373 Medline TA: Urol Int Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 319-22 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel |
Affiliation:
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Department of Urology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, and Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Sepsis / drug therapy, etiology, surgery* Treatment Outcome Ureteral Calculi / complications, surgery* Ureteral Obstruction / etiology, surgery* Ureteroscopy* |
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