Title
Open surgical management of ureteric strictures: A retrospective study
Authors
Sanjay P. Dhangar1, Dhaval Rasal1, Shashank Patil1, Amirtha Balakumar2,* & Swapnil Vaidya3
Affiliation
1Department of Urology Bharati Hospital & Research Centre, BVU, Pune, Maharashtra, India; 2Department of General Surgery & Urology, Melmaruvathur Adiparasakthi Institute of Medical Sciences (MAPIMS), Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India; 3Department of Urology, VishwaRaj Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India; *Corresponding author
Sanjay P Dhangar - E - mail: drspdhangar@gmail.com
Dhaval Rasal - E - mail: dhavalrasal@gmail.com
Shashank Patil - E - mail: drsdp22@gmail.com
Amirtha Balakumar - E - mail: mslamirtha@gmail.com
Swapnil Vaidya - E - mail: swapnilvaidya89@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received March 1, 2025; Revised March 31, 2025; Accepted March 31, 2025, Published March 31, 2025
Abstract
Ureteral strictures may arise from long standing nephro/urolithiasis, radiation, use of lasers for treatment of stones, trauma, ischemia, and iatrogenic injury. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the long-term results of ureteral reconstruction using different techniques. Hence, all benign ureteral strictures that more than 2 cm at the level of the pelvi-ureteric junction, upper or mid-ureter, or loss of long length of ureter not suitable for Boar’s flap or ureteric reconstruction at a tertiary hospital were included in this study. The mean length of the stricture was 4.5 cms with longest stricture length of 10.4 cms. The success rate of the ureteric reconstruction surgery in our study was 96.7% with recurrence in 3.2% cases after 13 months. Thus, the largest study on open ureteric reconstruction using variety of techniques is reported.
Keywords
Ureteric stricture, ureteric reconstruction, buccal mucosal ureteroplasty, peritoneal flap reconstruction, ileal ureter
Citation
Dhangar et al. Bioinformation 21(3): 405-409 (2025)
Edited by
Neelam Goyal & Shruti Dabi
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
