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Ureterocutaneous fistula and urostomy exclusion with use of a covered wallstent
Colin P Cantwell1, Frank C Lynch
1Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0850, USA.
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR
|April 15, 2006
Abstract:
The present report describes a case of urostomy breakdown and failed urinary diversion with bilateral nephrostomy drainage treated with transrenal placement of a covered stent. Covered stents can be used successfully for the exclusion of ureterocutaneous fistulas and urostomies with the potential for ureteric occlusion.
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