Transected guidewire tip simulating ureteral stone.
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.
Lorber
Gideon
G
Department of Urology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Duvdevani
Mordechai
M
Gofrit
Ofer N
ON
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*