Urothelial reaction to ureteric intubation. A clinical study.
Urothelial biopsies from ureters intubated with silicone (11) and other polymer (13) double J stents revealed features of mucous metaplasia in 12/24 cases. These changes were associated with encrustation of the stents and occurred principally in stone-forming patients.
Ramsay
J W
JW
Department of Urology and Histopathology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Crocker
R P
RP
Ball
A J
AJ
Jones
S
S
Payne
S R
SR
Levison
D A
DA
Whitfield
H N
HN
D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008679:Metaplasia; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology*; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000473:pathology