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Last updated: 02/17/2009
Complications associated with ureteral stenting include:
- bleeding (usually minor and easily treated, but occasionally requiring transfusion)
- catheter migration or dislodgement (may require readjustment)
- coiling of the stent...
within the ureter (may cause lower abdominal pain or flank pain on urination, urinary frequency, or blood in the urine) - introduction or worsening of infection
- penetration of adjacent organs (e.g., bowel, gallbladder, or lungs)
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Ureteral stents are thin catheters threaded into segments of the ureter that carry urine, produced by the kidney, either down into the bladder internally, or to an external collection system. Insertion is most often done through the skin (percutaneously); however, in the presence of kidney or ureteral stones, stenting is ideally done during cystoscopy.
— Kathleen D. Wright, RN
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The estimated number of hospital admissions among adults aged 20 or older with “calculus of kidney and ureters” as a primary diagnosis was of 171,000 hospital stays in 2000.
From: NKUDIC
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