title: In the management of a patient with nonmalignant obstructive uropathy and known infection, isn't it safer and more prudent to attempt retrograde placement of a ureteral stent before percutaneous nephrostomy?
authors.affiliation: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Zagoria
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D014513:Ureter