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Hematuria surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with hematuria. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either urolithiasis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer, or ureteroarterial fistulae.
Surgery
Surgery
- Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with hematuria. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:[1]
- Urolithiasis, especially in patients with a solitary kidney, bilateral urolithiasis with obstruction, infection, kidney dysfunction, abnormal ureteral anatomy, hemodynamic instability, or stones that are unlikely to pass spontaneously
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), if resistant to medical therapy
- Prostate cancer
- Ureteroarterial fistulae
References
References
- ↑ Avellino GJ, Bose S, Wang DS (June 2016). “Diagnosis and Management of Hematuria”. Surg Clin North Am. 96 (3): 503–15. doi:10.1016/j.suc.2016.02.007. PMID 27261791.
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