PD35-07 CHRONIC INDWELLING URETERAL STENTS: DOES STENT LENGTH OR STIFFNESS AFFECT ENCRUSTATION?
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Encrusted urinary stents: evaluation and endourologic management.
Ureteral stents and nephrostomy tubes have been used extensively in urology. Attendant to their use are their associated morbidities, such as pain, infection, and encrustation. We review the literature on the subject of the encrusted stents and drainage catheters, discuss the risk factors for encrustation, and describe the endourologic evaluation and management of these encrusted and retained u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Urology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0022-5347,1527-3792
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2018.02.1718