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SPONTANEOUS KNOTTING OF A PIGTAIL URETERIC STENT IN THE URETER REQUIRING PERCUTANEOUS REMOVAL
Author(s) -
Braslis K. G.,
Joyce G.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1992.tb06930.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pigtail , ureter , extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy , ureteric stent , stent , surgery , complication , percutaneous , urinary leakage , urology , lithotripsy , urinary incontinence , physics , optical fiber , optics
Insertion of a ureteric stent is a common procedure in urologic practice. Ureteric stenting may be performed for: ureteric obstruction, benign or malignant: to prevent ureteric obstruction from stone fragments after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL); or to prevent leakage from the upper urinary tract. A case of spontaneous knotting of a ureteric stent in siru is reported. Although this complication has been reported previously it is rare.