The cystoscopic removal of a ureteral stent can cause unpleasant side effects, such as urinary frequency, urgency, incontinence, haematuria, bladder pain and flank pain, which have a negative impact on a patient's life. It is necessary to minimize the pain during stent removal in order to...
Few days later after control of sepsis and optimization, left nephrectomy and removal of retained DJ stent was done.#This case report highlights the need to consider emphysematous pyelonephritis as a possible diagnosis in patients harbouring DJ stents even in young non diabetics. Early aggressive ...
The primary endpoint was USSQ Body Pain Index recorded before DJ removal at D20. Secondary endpoints were USSQ scores at intermediate dates (D2, D7) and 2 weeks after stent withdrawal (D35), pain score, quality of life, adverse events, and encrustation. Exclusion criteria included pregnancy...