Transrenal ureteral embolization

Radiology. 1979 Aug;132(2):317-9. doi: 10.1148/132.2.317.

Abstract

Transrenal closure of the ureter with butyl-2-cyanoacrylate using adjuvant balloon catheter occlusion was successfully performed for the palliative management of inoperable vesicovaginal and vesicosacral fistulas in 3 patients. Unilateral percutaneous nephrostomy provided supravesical urinary diversion as well as access for permanent embolization of the ureter. The contralateral kidney was nonfunctional in 2 patients. In the third, in addition to unilateral ureteral occlusion, the contralateral kidney was defunctionalized by embolization of the renal artery ("radiological nephrectomy") to avoid the need for bilateral nephrostomy drainage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cyanoacrylates / therapeutic use*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Enbucrilate / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney / surgery
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Palliative Care*
  • Renal Artery*
  • Ureter*
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / therapy
  • Urinary Catheterization
  • Vesicovaginal Fistula / therapy*

Substances

  • Cyanoacrylates
  • Enbucrilate