[Assisted extraction using extracorporeal lithotripsy of the calcified ureteral catheter overlooked for 2 years]

Actas Urol Esp. 2003 Apr;27(4):301-4. doi: 10.1016/s0210-4806(03)72925-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

A 45 year old man with a 2 year forgotten left double-pigtail ureteric stent was referred to our hospital. Because of distal calcifications, the stent could not be removed by means of a cystoscopy. So, extracorporeal wave lithotripsies were performed and then the stent were easily removed in two fragments by cystoscopy and ureteroscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / etiology
  • Calcinosis / surgery*
  • Calcinosis / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cystoscopy*
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi / complications
  • Lithotripsy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy*
  • Stents*
  • Ureteral Obstruction / etiology
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery
  • Ureteroscopy*
  • Urinary Catheterization / instrumentation*