DOUBLE J STENTING IN A DELAYED URETER INJURY DUE TO THERMAL NECROSIS FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY
The presenting symptom to a gynecologist for postoperative vaginal discharge, which may or may not be related to the gynecologic diagnosis. A 40-year-old woman with abnormal uterine bleeding came to ObGyn Opd. The diagnosis was simple endometrial hyperplasia for which laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy with bilateral salphingo oophorectomy was done. Post-Operative Day 18 patient developed vaginal discharge suggestive of urinary leakage. The postoperative delayed ureter injury is an unusual association with laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy. The management was ureter stent insertion. This case report could be guidance to surgeons about the postoperative management of ureter injury. Gynecologists should consider the presenting symptom of vaginal discharge in formulating their differential diagnosis.