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Knotted ureteral stent: a rare complication of ureteral stent usage.

Ersagun KaragüzelOmer KutluIlke Onur KazazMetin GürEyüp DilGüner Kemal Ozgür
Published in: Urological research (2012)
The use of ureteral stents has become a routine urological practice. There are many different complications with ureteral stent use. One rare complication is knotting, which can be a very difficult condition to treat. We report a case in which a complete knot was found in the proximal part of an indwelling ureteral stent with a proximal ureteral stone.
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