Research Article
Our Experience with Iatrogenic Ureteric Injuries among Women Presenting to University College Hospital, Ibadan: A Call to Action on Trigger Factors
| Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentage |
| Duration of leakage | | | >6 months | 06 | 33.3 | 6 months–<1 year | 06 | 33.3 | >1 year | 06 | 33.3 | Affected ureter | | | Left ureter | 12 | 66.7 | Right ureter | 05 | 27.8 | Both | 01 | 5.6 | Antecedent surgery before injury | | | Emergency caesarean section | 12 | 61.1 | Abdominal hysterectomy | 04 | 22.2 | Vaginal hysterectomy | 01 | 5.6 | Destructive operation | 01 | 5.6 | Indication for antecedent surgery | | | Prolonged obstructed labour | 11 | 50.0 | Symptomatic uterine fibroid | 02 | 11.1 | Uterine prolapse | 01 | 5.6 | Endometrial cancer | 01 | 5.6 | Abortion | 01 | 5.6 | CIN | 01 | 5.6 | Failed VBAC | 01 | 5.6 | Hospital setting of antecedent surgery | | | Private | 12 | 44.4 | General | 02 | 5.6 | Tertiary | 04 | 22.2 | Anaesthesia | | | General anaesthesia | 03 | 16.7 | Subarachnoid block | 11 | 61.1 | Epidural block | 04 | 22.2 | Type of repair | | | Ureteroneocystostomy | 17 | 94.4 | Boari’s flap | 01 | 0.56 | Complications () | | | Wound infection | 06 | 66.8 | URTI | 01 | 11.1 | UTI | 01 | 11.1 |
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