Gynecological Benignities Causing Obstructive Uropathy. Review of the Literature

Angelos Peteinaris, Angelis Peteinaris, Athanasios Syllaios, Dimitriοs Schizas, Dimitrios Schizas, Schizas D, Davakis S, Spyridon Davakis, Kalinterakis G, Georgios Kalinterakis, Zacharias Fasoulakis, Ntounis T, Thomas Ntounis, Nikolaos Garmpis, Garmpis N, Michail Diakosavvas, Kalfountzos C, Christos Kalfountzos, C Kalfountzos, Andreadou M, Maria Andreadou, Pinelopi Papachatzopoulou, Papachatzopoulou P, Chionis A, Athanasios Chionis, Nikolaos Thomakos, Thomakos N, Kontomanolis EN, Emmanuel N. Kontomanolis, Koutras A, Antonios Koutras
Chirurgia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) · 2020 · vol. 115(5) , pp. 579 · doi:10.21614/chirurgia.115.5.579 · PMID:33138894 · W3097278242
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This review discusses obstructive uropathy caused by benign gynecological conditions, highlighting its rarity and the importance of considering uropathy in these patients.

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Obstructive uropathy due to gynecological benignities is a very rare, difficult and challenging condition and physicians should always consider the existence of uropathy in such cases.

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Genital Diseases, Female Ureteral Obstruction Urethral Obstruction Female Genital Diseases, Female Humans Incidence Treatment Outcome Ureteral Obstruction Urethral Obstruction

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