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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on May 8, 2007
Human Reproduction 2007 22(7):2006-2011; doi:10.1093/humrep/dem111
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Ureteral complications from laparoscopic hysterectomy indicated for benign uterine pathologies: a 13-year experience in a continuous series of 1300 patients

Franck Léonard, Adolphe Fotso, Bruno Borghese, Nicolas Chopin, Hervé Foulot and Charles Chapron1

Faculté de Médecine, Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique II et Médecine de la Reproduction (Pr Chapron), Unité de chirurgie gynécologique, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Ouest, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris V, CHU Cochin—Saint Vincent de Paul, Pavillon Lelong, 82, avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France

1 Correspondence address. Tel: +33-1-58-41-19-14; Fax: +33-1-58-41-18-70; E-mail: charles.chapron{at}cch.ap-hop-paris.fr

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of ureteral injuries and to discuss how to avoid their occurence after laparoscopic hysterectomy indicated for benign uterine pathologies.

METHODS: This observational study covers the period from January 1993 to December 2005 (retrospective study from 1993 to 2000 and prospective from 2001). We reviewed incidence, methods of diagnosis and management of ureteral injuries.

RESULTS: The rate of ureteral injuries was 0.3% (four patients). Three patients presented a ureteral fistula diagnosed secondarily some time after the operation. The fourth patient presented a ureteral injury that was diagnosed peroperatively. Three out of four of the lesions were observed on the right side. In every case, there were preoperative risk factors connected with a past history of surgery, or the lateral location of uterine myomas. All four patients needed ureterovesical reimplantation. The outcome was good in all four cases.

CONCLUSIONS: The rate of ureter complications after laparoscopic hysterectomy is low and comparable to that observed after hysterectomy by laparotomy. The risk should not prevent laparoscopic hysterectomy being used more widely. Prevention depends on training in the technique and the surgeon's experience.

Key words: hysterectomy/operative laparoscopy/laparoscopic hysterectomy/complications/ureteral injuries

Submitted on January 3, 2007; resubmitted on March 20, 2007; accepted on March 29, 2007.


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