Knotted stents: Case report and outcome analysis

A knotted ureteral stent is an extremely rare condition, with fewer than 20 cases reported in the literature; however, it is difficult to treat. We report a case in which a folded Terumo guidewire was successfully used to remove a knotted stent percutaneously without anesthesia. We also review the c...

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Autores principales: Kim, Min Su, Lee, Ha Na, Hwang, Hokyeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Urological Association 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4426514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25964843
http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2015.56.5.405
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description A knotted ureteral stent is an extremely rare condition, with fewer than 20 cases reported in the literature; however, it is difficult to treat. We report a case in which a folded Terumo guidewire was successfully used to remove a knotted stent percutaneously without anesthesia. We also review the current literature on predisposing factors and management strategies for knotted ureteral stents.
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spelling pubmed-44265142015-05-11 Knotted stents: Case report and outcome analysis Kim, Min Su Lee, Ha Na Hwang, Hokyeong Korean J Urol Case Report A knotted ureteral stent is an extremely rare condition, with fewer than 20 cases reported in the literature; however, it is difficult to treat. We report a case in which a folded Terumo guidewire was successfully used to remove a knotted stent percutaneously without anesthesia. We also review the current literature on predisposing factors and management strategies for knotted ureteral stents. The Korean Urological Association 2015-05 2015-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4426514/ /pubmed/25964843 http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2015.56.5.405 Text en © The Korean Urological Association, 2015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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