Ureteral lesions are a rare complication of colorectal surgery. This type of surgical procedure is the second most common cause of such complications, second only to gynecological operations, which account for around 50%. According to the localization of the lesion, they аre grouped into three types: injury to the proximal, middle, and distal part of the ureter, with the latter being the most common—around 80–90%. Most of the lesions are not recognized intraoperatively and sometimes the diagnosis can be delayed significantly. The time of diagnosis and the localization of the injury are crucial to the choice of treatment. We present a case of a patient, with a late diagnosis of lesion of the left ureter after the laparoscopic anterior resection of the rectum, which was treated with a laparoscopic uretero-ureteral anastomosis with simultaneous double-J catheterization. We also present a short literature review on the subject.
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