title: Is removal of the stent at the end of 2 weeks helpful to reduce infectious or urologic complications after renal transplantation?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ureteral stents are used to reduce urologic complications after renal transplantation. However, they predispose to infection. The optimal time to keep them in the urinary tract has not yet been defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of early removal at the end of 2 weeks on urinary tract infections and early urologic complications (within 3 months), such as ureteroneocyctostomy leakage as well as ureteral anastomosis stricture or obstruction.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 48 patients who underwent renal transplantation using a ureteral stent. The patients were divided into two groups according to the time of stent removal: at the end of 2 weeks (group A; n = 10) versus at a later time (group B; n = 38).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The urologic complication rate was 0% in group A and the urinary tract infection rate, 2%. The urologic complication rate was 0% in group B and the urinary tract infection rate, 35%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early removal of the stent at the end of 2 weeks after renal transplantation is decreased the rate of urinary tract infections.
authors.affiliation: Gulhane Military Medical Academy Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Turkey. kagancoskun@gmail.com
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harlak
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eyitilen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yigit
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirbaş
authors.forename: A İ
authors.initials: Aİ
authors.lastname: Uzar
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kozak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cetiner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*