Trans-urethral snare stent removal: a novel, self-constructed innovation for simultaneous ureteral stent removal and safety guidewire insertion.

Utilizing the suture snare, the novel Switch technique was successfully performed in all cases assessed. This method is both time and cost feasible and could be easily utilized in resource-limited areas, regional centres or in cases where a stent grasper is not available, may have malfunctioned or cannot adequately approximate due to distal ureteral stent encrustation.