Broken retrieval string leads to failed self-removal of a double-J ureteral stent.
Double-J ureteral stents facilitating the drainage of urine from the kidney to the bladder are widely used. Stents designed for patient self-removal are commonplace. We report a case of urosepsis that lead to the incidental discovery of a failed self-removal of a double-J ureteral stent. The retrieval cord broke during self-removal and the patient mistook the string for the stent. Adequate patient education is essential to assure successful self-removal.
Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sean
S
van Diepen
John
J
Grantmyre
D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012648:Self Care; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D015607:Stents; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*