Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Allium ™ ureteral stent as a curative treatment benign strictures. Materials methods We retrospectively reviewed electronic database two centers patients who underwent positioning for different types stenosis (benign or malignant). Between April 2017 May 2021, 151 were treated with strictures including malignant stenosis. In total, 83 them ...

OBJECTIVES Ureteral stenosis is a common complication after a kidney transplant. Treatment for ureteral stenosis ranges from interventional procedures to open surgery. The aim of this study is to present classification for ureteral stenosis and recommend the targeted strategy for effective treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve cases of ureteral stenosis were diagnosed among 193 kidney trans...

PURPOSE We report our experience with auto-expandable metallic stents for treating ureteropelvic junction obstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS We treated 4 patients with a mean age of 45 years who had ureteropelvic junction obstruction with placement of a self-expandable intraureteral metallic stent (Wallstent, Schneider, Zurich, Switzerland). All patients presented with recurrent ureteropelvic...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the situations in which ureteral double-J stent should be used after retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS). PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with no ureteral double-J stent after RIRS constituted Group 1, and those with double- J stent after RIRS constituted Group 2. Patients' age and gender, renal stone characteristics (location and dimension), stone-free status, VAS sc...

PURPOSE To identify risk factors for fever after shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) and suggest guidelines for prophylactic antimicrobial treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1985 and 2007, a total of 15,324 SWL procedures were performed in our institution using the Dornier HM3 lithotripter. Because stone analyses were not available in the majority of patients, management of stones larger than 2 ...

Abstract Ureteral double-J stents have become a part and parcel in contemporary urologic practice. As the use of is increasing, complications are also increasing. Knot formation stent rare phenomenon. Twenty-seven cases been reported till now. This case would be 28th to reported, young male with solitary left kidney who was on regular periodic substitution.