Transcatheter electrocautery as an aid in the percutaneous insertion of a ureteral stent.
A technique of transcatheter electrocautery to facilitate insertion of a ureteral stent is described. Electrocautery was used to cut through a localized obstruction at the ureterovesical junction. The stiff end of a standard angiographic guide wire was used to push through a second blockage at the ureterovesical junction on the opposite side in the same patient.
D004564:Electrocoagulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000379:methods*