forgotten stents, unforgettable patients

Forgotten Stents, Unforgettable Patients

Copyright © 2013, Nephrology and Urology Research Center; Licensee Kowsar Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor, Catheter encrustation is a chall...

Inorganic polyphosphate: toward making a forgotten polymer unforgettable.

Pursuit of the enzymes that make and degrade poly P has provided analytic reagents which confirm the ubiquity of poly P in microbes and animals and provide reliable means for measuring very low concentrations. Many distinctive functions appear likely for poly P, depending on its abundance, chain length, biologic source, and subcellular location. These include being an energy supply and ATP subs...

Management of Forgotten Ureteral Stents

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We read with great interest the study reported by Ra-bani (1). The author reported their experiences in endo-scopic management of forgotten ureteral stents with large burden stone encrustation. As the author stated, ureteral stents are widely used in urology practices. How...

management of forgotten ureteral stents

Endourological management of forgotten encrusted ureteral stents.

PURPOSE To present our experience and discuss the various endourological approaches for treating forgotten encrusted ureteral stents associated with stone formation. MATERIALS AND METHODS From July 2006 to December 2008, 14 patients (11 men and 3 women) with encrusted ureteral stents were analyzed. The average indwelling time of the stent was 4.9 years (range 1 to 12). Plain-film radiography ...

Forgotten Ureteral Stents: An Avoidable Morbidity.

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical presentation of forgotten ureteral stents and highlight the etiological factors resulting in the retention of these stents. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Urology, Armed Forces Institute of Urology, Rawalpindi, from January 2010 to June 2011. METHODOLOGY Thirty-eight patients, with forgotten ureteral stents, ret...