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Methods: This retrospective study included 42 patients who underwent PUC before colorectal cancer surgery at the Tohoku University Hospital between February 2010 and September 2024. Preoperative ureteral stents were inserted via cystoscopy under general anesthesia. Patient demographics, surgical techniques, indications for catheterization, and post-procedural complications were reviewed. Results: PUC was most frequently performed in patients with left-sided colorectal cancer (61.9%) and local recurrence of rectal cancer (31%). Ureteral catheterization was indicated in patients with a history of pelvic surgery (47.6%) or tumor proximity to the ureter (26.2%). Open surgery was performed in 90.5% of the cases, whereas robotic surgery with fluorescent ureteral catheters was used in selected patients. No intraoperative ureteral injury was observed in the stent group. Catheter-related complications, including hematuria (14.3%) and urinary tract infections (9.5%), were minor and resolved before discharge. Conclusions: PUC may be beneficial in patients with a history of pelvic surgery or local recurrence of rectal cancer, in whom the risk of ureteral injury is inherently higher.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14124123","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,11]],"date-time":"2025-06-11T03:44:58Z","timestamp":1749613498000},"page":"4123","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Prophylactic Ureteral Catheterization for Preventing Ureteral Injury in Colorectal Cancer Surgery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0205-8957","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shinobu","family":"Ohnuma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Keigo","family":"Kanehara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yukihiro","family":"Sato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomoyuki","family":"Ono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Megumi","family":"Murakami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2532-5368","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Taiki","family":"Kajiwara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hideyuki","family":"Suzuki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0358-3398","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hideaki","family":"Karasawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kazuhiro","family":"Watanabe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Naoki","family":"Kawamorita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7224-1100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Akihiro","family":"Ito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takashi","family":"Kamei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2145-6416","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michiaki","family":"Unno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"229","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.21834","article-title":"Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries","volume":"74","author":"Bray","year":"2024","journal-title":"CA Cancer J. 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