title: A rare complication after renal transplantation: Forgotten stent.
abstract: In renal transplantation surgery, double J stents (DJS) are often used to reduce complications, protect the anastomosis between ureter and bladder, provide drainage in ureteral obstructions and enhance healing if there is an ureter injury. Urinary tract infections, hematuria and irritative voiding symptoms are the early complications of DJS. Migration, fragmentation, encrustation and rarely sepsis are among the late complications of DJS. In this report we describe a renal transplantation case whose DJS stent was forgotten because the patient did not attend the regular follow-up and noticed 5 years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Tepecik Education and Research Hospital, Urology Clinic, Izmir. bicak_7@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karabıcak
authors.forename: Tumay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ipekci
authors.forename: Cemal Selcuk
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Isoglu
authors.forename: Mehmet Zeynel
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.forename: Rahmi Gokhan
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ekin
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Budak
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: Orcun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Yusuf Ozlem
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Ilbey
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018666:Ureteroscopy