Ureteroscopic removal of forgotten ureteral stent

BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Jun 14:2012:bcr0220125736. doi: 10.1136/bcr.02.2012.5736.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Device Removal / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease*
  • Reoperation
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ureter / surgery*
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery*
  • Ureteroscopy / methods*