Ureter cut during surgery

[Taivis]

My girlfriend has been suffering for 2months post op in and out of the hospital and finnaly found out the surgeon cut/severed her ureter to her right kidney. Wondering after all that time will her kidney be saved? We are thinking she will loose it.

[orangecity41 NKF Ambassador]

That is something you will have ask a nephrologist and or urologist for their opinion.

[Taivis in reply to orangecity41]

Thanks for the reply

[RoxanneKidney]

Sorry for that! Im sure if it was still getting blood from from other veins, it is probably still OK. I pray it is.

[Taivis in reply to RoxanneKidney]

Thank you she is getting a bag attached today and we will find out more this afternoon.

[suzell56]

Your gf should be seen by a nephrologist or urologist for their opinion. I had the same thing happen to me.

[Taivis in reply to suzell56]

She is getting a bag attached today. How long did your ureter Go being severed. And did they save your kidney. Thanks for replying

[suzell56 in reply to Taivis]

For over a year and unfortunately I lost the left kidney.

[Taivis in reply to suzell56]

Suzell really sorry to hear that.

[suzell56 in reply to Taivis]

Taivis, It's all good now .... I feel so much better since it was removed. No more pain, no more issues with both the kidney & ureter, and less visits to the nephrologist & urologist. Please keep us posted on your gf's progress, prayers for healing.

[Darlenia]

Hi Taivis. So sorry to hear about the ureter damage! I'm sure your girlfriend's swelling and discomfort has been horrible. My hubby also had a urine leak from a ureter "pinprick" hole. In his case, he received a kidney transplant and the hole occurred where the new ureter was stitched into his bladder. So urine poured into his abdomen and exited through his incision. We literally moped it up by taping pee pads over the wound. (Your girlfriend's body seems to have retained the urine and somehow absorbed most of it...so painful.) Anyway, there are a number of reasons for my hubby's issue which I won't go into here. Long story short, it was caught in time (about a month out) and his new kidney is still working fine. Running lab reports has been constant throughout this ordeal as urine floating around and building up inside the body cavity isn't a good thing for sensitive organs. I sense, as long as your girlfriend's lab reports are stable and the urethra problem is repaired, that your girlfriend's kidney(s) will be fine. Sending prayers that this is the case.

[Taivis in reply to Darlenia]

Thanks for this. She has gotten thrue the surgery and it has gone well. We will find out more today

[RhenDutchess123]

So very sad to hear of this tragedy...as long as her other kidney is fine...she can lead a normal life with one kidney...