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Ureter identification is essential when performing pelvic surgery in order to avoid iatrogenic ureteral injuries, which can result in significant patient morbidity, especially when unrecognized. There are many modalities available to assist the surgeon with ureter identification, however, and this video highlights those options. The video objectives are:
- present the clinical significance of ureter identification in gynecologic surgical procedures
- provide anatomic review of the ureter
- outline common sites for ureteral injury during gynecologic surgery
- present ureteral physiology
- discuss ureter identification techniques
- review ureteral identification during gynecologic surgical procedures.
Ureter identification is essential when performing pelvic surgery in order to avoid iatrogenic ureteral injuries, which can result in significant patient morbidity, especially when unrecognized. There are many modalities available to assist the surgeon with ureter identification, however, and this video highlights those options. The video objectives are:
- present the clinical significance of ureter identification in gynecologic surgical procedures
- provide anatomic review of the ureter
- outline common sites for ureteral injury during gynecologic surgery
- present ureteral physiology
- discuss ureter identification techniques
- review ureteral identification during gynecologic surgical procedures.
Ureter identification is essential when performing pelvic surgery in order to avoid iatrogenic ureteral injuries, which can result in significant patient morbidity, especially when unrecognized. There are many modalities available to assist the surgeon with ureter identification, however, and this video highlights those options. The video objectives are:
- present the clinical significance of ureter identification in gynecologic surgical procedures
- provide anatomic review of the ureter
- outline common sites for ureteral injury during gynecologic surgery
- present ureteral physiology
- discuss ureter identification techniques
- review ureteral identification during gynecologic surgical procedures.