Ureteroscopic removal of forgotten ureteral stent.
A 69-year-old female had a right ureteral stent placed due to ureteral stricture resulting from cervical cancer in March 2008. The ureteral stent migrated to the ureter and was not exchanged. A new ureteral stent was inserted, and was exchanged every 3 months. The patient was referred to our department to remove the forgotten ureteral stent. In January 2012, her old ureteral stent was removed ureteroscopically, and no ureteral stent encrustation was found.
Urology Department, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. takashi_tk2001@yahoo.co.jp
Takashi
T
Kawahara
Hiroaki
H
Ishida
Yoshinobu
Y
Kubota
Junichi
J
Matsuzaki
D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000379:methods*