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01.08.2011 | Case Report
Management of the bilateral forgotten ureteral stents with open surgery
verfasst von:
Zhi-ping Wu, Xiao-kun Zhao, Zhao-hui Zhong, Chen Lv, Ning Xiao, Yong-qi Long
Erschienen in:
Urolithiasis
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Ausgabe 4/2011
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Excerpt
Ureteral D-J stents are frequently used in the therapy of ureteral stones or large renal calculi to ensure urinary drainage and kidney function during stone therapy [
1]. They are inserted either in elective or imperative situations which should be removed within a safe time frame. If they are neglected for a long time, the forgotten stents were severely calcified and encrusted, and serious complications, including migration, fragmentation, encrustation, and stone formation, will occur. The patient may suffer from large stone formation, loin pain, recurrent urinary tract infections and hematuria [
2‐
4].The severe encrustation and stone formations may cause obstructions and threaten the renal unit [
4]. An auxiliary procedure like extracorporeal- or intracorporeal-lithotripsy, and laser cystolithotripsy are required to make the patients’ stents and stones free [
5,
6]. But, we present one case of bilateral forgotten ureteral D-J stent for 8 years that was succeeded by successive surgical procedures. …
