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Takashi Kawahara1, Hiroki Ito, Hideyuki Terao
1Department of Urology, Ohguchi Higashi General Hospital, 2-19-1 Irie, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama City, Japan.
Abstract:
A 23-year-old female had bilateral ureteral stents placed due to bilateral renal stones and hydronephrosis. The bilateral ureteral stents were changed every 3 months. A kidney ureter bladder (KUB) film showed left encrustation along the ureteral stent thus necessitating removal; however, the ureteral stent could not be removed cystoscopically. The ureteral stent was, therefore, extracted using flexible ureteroscopy (URS) with a holmium (Ho): yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser.
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