TY  - EJOU
AU  - Diepen, Sean van 
AU  - Grantmyre, John 

TI  - Broken retrieval string leads to failed self-removal of a double-J ureteral stent
T2  - Canadian Journal of Urology

PY  - 2004
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
SN  - 1488-5581

AB  - Double-J ureteral stents facilitating the drainage of urine
from the kidney to the bladder are widely used. Stents
designed for patient self-removal are commonplace. We
report a case of urosepsis that lead to the incidental discovery
of a failed self-removal of a double-J ureteral stent. The
retrieval cord broke during self-removal and the patient
mistook the string for the stent. Adequate patient education
is essential to assure successful self-removal.
KW  - ureteric stent
KW  -  double-J stent
KW  -  self-removal
KW  -  complications
KW  -  patient education

DO  -