title: Shortened pull-string simplifies office-based ureteral stent removal.
abstract: A disadvantage of stent use after ureteroscopy is the need to remove the stent cystoscopically. We describe a modification that avoids the discomfort of a transurethral suture and allows easy cystoscopic extraction. This modification may also facilitate repositioning or removal of a migrated stent.
authors.affiliation: Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: J Stephen
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014513:Ureter