Abstract
Ureteric injuries arc now rare in obstetric practice, even with unilateral and two with bilateral injuries are described, all the result of obstructed labour and difficult surgical intervention late in labour. One of the seven unilateral cases healed spontaneously while the remainder needed surgical repair. Of the two bilateral Cllses, one died of endotoxic shock following nephrostomy and the other patient underwent immediate Compression of both ureteric constrictions.