Ureteral Interventions

Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2016 Sep;19(3):182-93. doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2016.06.003. Epub 2016 Jun 4.

Abstract

Interventional radiologists are commonly called upon to manage patients with benign and malignant ureteral pathologic conditions. Unfortunately, treatments for both cure and palliation can be fraught with problems causing patients to be undesirably maintained with lifelong catheters. This review describes outcomes for antegrade and retrograde therapeutic options and techniques for patients with most types of ureteral pathologic conditions that the interventional radiologist would encounter in practice.

Keywords: Angioplasty; Stents; Treatment outcomes; Ureteral strictures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cryosurgery
  • Dilatation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysteroscopy
  • Male
  • Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Radiography, Interventional / adverse effects
  • Radiography, Interventional / instrumentation
  • Radiography, Interventional / methods*
  • Risk Factors
  • Stents
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ureteral Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Obstruction / etiology
  • Ureteral Obstruction / therapy*
  • Urinary Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Fistula / etiology
  • Urinary Fistula / therapy*
  • Young Adult