Urological complications of gynaecological surgery: sixteen cases report.

From 16 cases collected in eight years (January 1991-December 1999) in the I. Deen Teaching Hospital Department of Urology the authors study the gynae cological and obstetric surgery urological complications. They noted that t hese complications interest in 80% of cases the 18-47 years old woman with a high parity in 70% of cases. Hysterectomy, whatever the indication is the main etiology: 62.50%, caeserean takes the second place with 25%. The anat omic lesions are ureteral in 68.75% of cases and bladder in 31.25%. In the 14 cases treated, in the department, ureterie reimplantation has been done in 46.66%, bladder suture in 40% and nephrectomy in 6.66%. Thirteen women w ere healed and one died. (C) 2001 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsev ier SAS.