title: [Double J ureteral catheter. Clinical complications].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical complications of double-J ureteral catheters.
  
  
  METHODS
  The most relevant studies published in the literature since the self-retaining indwelling catheter was first described in 1967 are reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The experience and results reported in the most relevant studies are presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The double-J ureteral stent has become an integral part of the urological armamentarium. It allows good urinary drainage from the kidney to the bladder and is generally safe and well-tolerated. However, different complications may occur with short- or long-term use of indwelling stents. These complications vary from minor side effects such as hematuria, dysuria, frequency, flank and suprapubic pain, to major complications such as vesico-ureteric reflux, stent migration, encrustation, urinary infection, stent fracture, necrosis and ureteral fistula. Most of these complications require removal of the catheter.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario del Aire, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vallejo Herrador
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Burgos Revilla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez Alba
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sáez Garrido
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Téllez Martínez-Fornés
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sánchez de la Muela
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martín-Laborda y Bergasa
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: El catéter ureteral doble J. Complicaciones clínicas.