Ureteral Guidewire Looping and Entrapment above an Impacted Ureter Stone

Troubleshooting for Ureteroscopy Complicated by Unexpected Guidewire Looping and Entrapment

This report presents a bizarre and unusual case of looping and entrapment of a hydrophilic guidewire in the ureter of a 65-year-old woman with a stone in the lower ureter at the time of ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy. We describe endourology maneuvers to remove the retained guidewire. Looping and entrapment of guidewire is a rare complication that urologists may face when they do not follow...

A Case of Stone Impacted in the Ureter: Operation, Recovery

An impacted biliary stone

The most common cause of biliary obstruction is choledocholithiasis. Endoscopic sphincterotomy is the preferred therapy for retained common bile duct stones. However, stones may pass spontaneously or get impacted at the ampulla [1]. Recent data suggest that precut sphincterotomy is a safe and effective technique that facilitates impacted stone extraction [2]. A 60-year-old man was admitted due ...

Symptomatic Distal Ureteral Stone in an Ileal Ureter: Treatment by Combined Supine Ureteroscopy and Mini Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

Urolithiasis is a well-known and common late complication in patients with urinary diversion. Patients without urinary diversion lead to symptoms such as hematuria and ureteral colic, whereas stones in patients with urinary diversion tend to be asymptomatic and are often diagnosed incidentally during staging examinations of oncologic diseases. We report the case of a 64-year-old male patient wi...

Obturator Hernia with Ureteral Entrapment

Obturator hernia of the ureter is uncommon. Computed tomography of a 77-year-old woman with sudden-onset lower left abdominal pain and urinary symptoms showed an obturator hernia with ureteral entrapment. Obturator hernia is a diagnostic challenge because the hernial mass is very insidious. It should be suspected in emaciated, multiparous, elderly women presenting with unexplained pain in the g...