A knotted multi-length ureteral stent: a rare complication.
Sighinolfi MC, De Stefani S, Micali S, Mofferdin A, Baisi B, Celia A, Bianchi G
Department of Urology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy. sighinolfic@yahoo.com
Ureteral catheters represent essential devices in the management of upper urinary tract obstruction; complications are unusual. Knotting of the stent at its proximal coiled end is a very rare but potentially dangerous event that should be promptly recognized.
Published 17 March 2005 in Urol Res, 33(1): 70-1.
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