Ureteral injury is usually iatrogenic after gynecologic or obstetric surgeries. Ureterouterine fistula is a rare complication. It most commonly occurs after a caesarean section. A 24-year-old woman presented with paradoxic incontinence 1 week after caesarean section. Intravenous urography revealed a left ureterouterine fistula. She was treated successfully by laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy.
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