Open AccessRetrieval of proximally migrated double J ureteric stents in children using goose neck snare
Author(s) -
Sivasankar Jayakumar,
Mohamed Marjan,
Key Wong,
A. Bolia,
George Ninan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.91078
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , renal pelvis , surgery , pelvis , ureter , double layered , cystoscopy , complication , radiology , anatomy , urinary system , materials science , composite material
Proximal migration of the ureteric double J stent is a rare but known complication. We describe three cases where a minimally invasive technique for retrieval of displaced double J stents using Amplatz(™) goose-neck snare was successful.