title: Transected guidewire tip simulating ureteral stone.
abstract: A 62-year-old woman was admitted with a diagnosis of a distal ureteral stone 2 years after antegrade imaging of the kidney. Ureteroscopy revealed a guidewire tip that transected during the antegrade study. The events leading to guidewire transection were reproduced, and a minor modification of current guidewires is suggested to prevent similar incidents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lorber
authors.forename: Mordechai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duvdevani
authors.forename: Ofer N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Gofrit
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000209:etiology*; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*