The forgotten stent: late complication in a patient with neobladder

ScientificWorldJournal. 2006 Mar 30:6:410-2. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2006.81.

Abstract

Encrustation constitutes a serious complication of ureteral stent use and can result in difficult stent removal. We report the case of a patient with a retained ureteral stent for 3 years following a radical cystectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cystectomy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents / adverse effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / etiology*
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / pathology