title: Replacement of nephrostomy tube using ureteroscopes.
abstract: Replacement of a percutaneous nephrostomy tube can be a difficult task. The often time-consuming procedure involves replacement of a guide wire blindly or under fluoroscopic control, or by using ultrasound after decompression of hydronephrosis. A rigid 8.5F ureteroscope was used successfully to replace nephrostomy tubes in 3 patients with obstructive uropathy secondary to prostate carcinoma and in 1 with an ileoureteral anastomotic leak following radical cystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Urology Service, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hansberry
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D014513:Ureter