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01-09-2020 | Ureteral Injury

Pelvic dimension as a predictor of ureteral injury in gynecological cancer surgeries

Authors: Hui Ye, Di You, Lin Li, Hanyu Cao, Deyi Luo, Hong Shen, Huizhu Chen, Mingrong Xi

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 9/2020

Abstract

Background

Ureteral injury is an intractable complication in gynecological cancer surgeries. Identifying risk factors can ensure safety of the ureters intraoperatively. A narrow pelvis is known to exert extra difficulties in pelvic surgeries. However, whether pelvic dimension can affect the risk of ureteral injury in gynecological cancer surgeries is poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate the association between pelvic dimension and the risk of ureteral injury during gynecological cancer surgeries.

Methods

All patients who had undergone gynecological cancer surgeries were searched from January 2011 to July 2017. We included patients with ureteral injury who had available data of abdominal and pelvic computed tomography for measuring pelvic dimensions. Multivariate condition logistic analysis was used to identify the risk factors independently correlated with ureteral injury in gynecological cancer surgeries.

Results

A total of 43 cases with 86 controls were included in this study. We discovered that a longer anteroposterior diameter of the mid-pelvis (odds ratio [OR] 1.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01–1.13, P = 0.019) and a shorter transverse diameter of the mid-pelvis (OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.86–0.98, P = 0.013) were associated with ureteral injury in gynecological cancer surgeries. In laparoscopic analysis, a longer anteroposterior diameter of the mid-pelvis (OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.00–1.24, P = 0.041) was a risk factor for ureteral injury. In the analysis of open surgery, a longer transverse diameter of the mid-pelvis (OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.66–0.93, P = 0.006) was a protective factor for ureteral injury.

Conclusions

This study demonstrated that mid-pelvis dimensions were associated with ureteral injury, but the observed differences were too small. In addition, pelvic inlet dimensions did not appear to relate with ureteral injury. Thus, these pelvimetry measures could not be beneficial in assessing the risk of ureteral injury in gynecological cancer surgeries.

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Title: Pelvic dimension as a predictor of ureteral injury in gynecological cancer surgeries
Authors: Hui Ye
Di You
Lin Li
Hanyu Cao
Deyi Luo
Hong Shen
Huizhu Chen
Mingrong Xi
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Ureteral Injury
Gynecologic Cancer
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-019-07162-6

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