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Most cases of IUI are not recognized until the patient presents with symptoms following pelvic surgery or radiotherapy. Recently, minimally invasive approaches have been used more frequently in the treatment of IUI. This study evaluates urological intervention success rates and long-term clinical outcomes according to the type of IUI following hysterectomy.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Twenty-seven patients who underwent surgery due to IUI in our clinic following hysterectomy were evaluated between January 2011 and April 2018. Patients were classified according to the time of diagnosis of IUI. The IUI cases diagnosed within the first 24 h following hysterectomy were designated as \"immediate\" IUI, while that diagnosed late period was considered 'delayed' IUI. The type of IUI was categorized as \"cold transection\" if it was due to surgical dissection or ligation without any thermal energy, and \"thermal injury\" if it was related to any energy-based surgical device. Patient information, laboratory and perioperative data, imaging studies, and complications were assessed retrospectively.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>All cases of delayed diagnosis IUI were secondary to laparoscopic hysterectomy (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.041). Patients with thermal injury to the ureter were mostly diagnosed late (delayed) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.029). While 31% of the patients who underwent endourological intervention were diagnosed immediately, 69% of them were diagnosed as delayed. These rates were roughly reversed for open reconstructive surgery: 73% and 27% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.041), respectively. We detected eight ureteral complications in our patient cohort following the urological intervention. In all these failed cases, the cause of IUI was a thermal injury (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.046) and the patients had received endourological treatment (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005). No complications were detected in patients who undergo open urological reconstructive surgery. While one of the patients who developed urological complications had an immediate diagnosis, seven were in the delayed group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.016).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Endourological intervention is performed more frequently in delayed diagnosed IUI following hysterectomy, however, the treatment success rate is low if thermal damage has developed in the ureter. Surgical reconstruction is should be preferred in these thermal injury cases to avoid further ureter-related complications.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12894-022-01094-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,3]],"date-time":"2022-09-03T18:04:54Z","timestamp":1662228294000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Is endourological intervention a suitable treatment option in the management of iatrogenic thermal ureteral injury? 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