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Retrograde stenting of transplant ureters using a ureteral access sheath

Kishore Visvanathan¹, Jeff Warren²

1 Department of Urology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
2 Department of Urology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Address correspondence to Dr. Kishore Visvanathan, 537 - 750 Spadina Crescent East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 3H3 Canada

Canadian Journal of Urology 2006, 13(3), 3156-3157.

Abstract

Changing chronic ureteral stents in patients with kidney transplants may be technically difficult because of the site of ureterocystostomy. The technique described simplifies this procedure.

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