title: Retrieval of ureteral stents in children.
abstract: An endoscopic technique to remove ureteral stents in children is described. The technique is simple and reproducible. A snare or lasso is created by looping a polypropylene suture through a ureteral catheter. The snare is advanced under vision through the working channel of a pediatric cystoscope. The loop of the suture is placed over the intravesical portion of the indwelling ureteral stent. It is tied to create a noose, thus securing the stent. The stent can then be removed easily.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware 19899, USA.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Figueroa
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D020684:Cystoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011126:Polypropylenes; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015607:Stents; D013537:Sutures; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes