Have you been worried that the gynecologic procedure you are about to perform may cause an injury to urinary tract due to their close proximity? What should be the safe approach? What should be kept in mind in this situations? Well-trained gynecologists are mostly at ease when they are performing a gynecologic procedure. However, seldom a situation arises where there is an extra caution required in order to prevent the injuries to urinary tract.
Due to proximity of urinary tract and reproductive tract, urinary tract injuries can take place while a gynecological procedure is performed. Hence, anatomical knowledge plays a key role in gynecological practice. Urinary tract injury during female pelvic surgery may occur in approximately 0.3 to 1 % of procedures. Injury rates are found to vary by procedure types and anatomic location (bladder or ureter). Cystoscopy is more useful in…
