title: Role of general surgeons in acute urinary obstruction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An emergency JJ stent is occasionally required to manage a patient with obstructive uropathy. In regional centres where there is no emergency urology service available, general surgeons are required to perform ureteric stent insertions. The aim of our study is to assess the efficacy of general surgeons in ureteric stent insertion.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analysed the ureteric stent registry data from 1 January 2010 to 31 July 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 185 ureteric stents were inserted between 1 January 2010 and 31 July 2014. Of these, 132 were for emergency cases. General surgeons performed 65 of the emergency stents. There were no complications associated with ureteric stent insertion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ureteric stent insertion can be safely performed by general surgeons if adequately trained. Surgical trainees intending to work at the regional centres should be trained in ureteric stent insertions to prevent unnecessary hospital transfers.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Division, Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Syed Ali Abbas
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.affiliation: Surgical Division, Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay, Queensland, Australia. amy.leung@my.jcu.edu.au.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Surgical Division, Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Casper Francois
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Pretorius
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D054869:Clinical Audit; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010819:Physician's Role; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D066231:Surgeons; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
keywords: ureteric stent; urology.