title: Successful transcloacal ureteral stent removal.
abstract: We report a percutaneous transcloacal approach for removal of a ureteral stent in a 15-year-old girl with a cloacal anomaly, spinal dysraphism, and complex pelvic anatomy, including a bicornuate uterus, reconstructed hindgut neobladder, and duplicated left pelvic kidney. The patient had undergone 3 previous unsuccessful attempts at stent removal, 2 endoscopic attempts by way of her neobladder, and 1 percutaneous transcloacal attempt before successful removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire 03766, USA. zita.ficko@dartmouth.edu
authors.forename: Zita
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ficko
authors.forename: Benjamin W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Herrick
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Herz
authors.forename: Vernon M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Pais
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001187:Artificial Organs; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015642:Radiology, Interventional; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery