Rotational atherectomy successfully removed parts of the maldeployed stent and resistant arterial wall substance allowing full dilatation of the lesion. ... Managing a complication after direct ...

Kim DJ et al. Rethinking of ureteral stent removal using an extraction string; what patients feel and what is patients' preference?: a randomized controlled study. BMC Urol. 2015;15:121. Siegel A et ...

INTRODUCTION. Interventional procedures have been used with increasing frequency for the diagnosis and treatment of urological disorders (1-5).The classic method for removing double J (DJ) stents ...

The following is a summary of “Failure in Double-J stent inserting in laparoscopic pyeloplasty of ureteropelvic junction obstruction: the clinical features and outcomes,” published in the November ...

In our cohort DJ stent removal was performed after a median of 31.5 days (27–38), which is longer compared to earlier studies . The longer duration could potentially have led to more UTIs ( 24 ).

Antibiotic exposure was significantly less in the early vs late stent removal group: 8 vs 21 days, Dr Liu reported. Rates of postoperative UTI (9.3% vs 10.8%) and urine leak (0% vs 0.9%) were ...

In a small 2021 study with 327 participants, about 25% of them experienced pain following urinary stent removal. There’s a much greater risk of pain if the stent was left in for less than a week ...

If you received a bile duct stent during surgery, a doctor will need to remove it after a few weeks to prevent complications. Learn why and how.

DJ stents are not easy to insert, and their use may be accompanied by the risk of stent migration, urinary tract infection, ... Considering the costs related to stent removal, the average cost of the ...