The forgotten stent: late complication in a patient with neobladder.
Encrustation constitutes a serious complication of ureteral stent use and can result in difficult stent removal. We report the case of a patient with a retained ureteral stent for 3 years following a radical cystectomy.
Clinica Urologica, Seconda Università degli Studi, Naples, Italy. ricautor@tin.it
Riccardo
R
Autorino
Antonio
A
Maschio
Umberto
U
Pane
Marco
M
De Sio
Luca
L
Cosentino
Giuseppe
G
Quarto
Salvatore
S
Mordente
Ferdinando
F
Di Giacomo
Luigi
L
Santini
Massimo
M
D'Armiento
D015653:Cystectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology