title: Fractured retained ureteral stent in a patient lost to follow-up.
abstract: Retained ureteral stents in patients lost to follow-up present a challenge to urologists. Patients may present with recurrent flank pain, pyelonephritis, stent migration or encrustation, and ureteral obstruction, with resultant renal failure. Rarely, a long-indwelling period may result in stent fragmentation. Herein, we present a case of a fractured retained ureteral stent noted in a patient lost to follow-up for five years and resurfaced only after complaints of contralateral renal colic.
authors: Section of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA. kiavash.nikkhou@yale.edu
authors: Kiavash
authors: K
authors: Nikkhou
authors: Hristos Z
authors: HZ
authors: Kaimakliotis
authors: Dinesh
authors: D
authors: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D059012:Lost to Follow-Up; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014567:Urography