Ureteric stents on extraction strings: a systematic review of literature

• Published in: Urolithiasis Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 129 - 136
• Main Authors: Oliver, Rachel, Wells, Hannah, Traxer, Olivier, Knoll, Thomas, Aboumarzouk, Omar, Biyani, Chandra S., Somani, Bhaskar K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2018; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Device Removal - adverse effects; Device Removal - methods; Feasibility Studies; Human health and pathology; Humans; Invited Review; Life Sciences; Medical Biochemistry; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrology; Pain - epidemiology; Pain - etiology; Pain Measurement; Patient Preference; Patients; Stents; Stents - adverse effects; Systematic review; Ureter - surgery; Ureteral Calculi - surgery; Ureteroscopy - adverse effects; Ureteroscopy - instrumentation; Urology; Urology and Nephrology; Extraction; String; Ureteroscopy; Ureteric; Stent

Short-term ureteric stents are commonly placed after ureteroscopy. The removal usually entails having a cystoscopy, but recently, endourologists have been using stents with extraction strings attached to them for ease of removal. We wanted to conduct a systematic review of literature looking at the...