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Ureteric Stent Placement with Extraction String: No Strings Attached? by Nathan A. Bockholt; Trevor T. Wild; Amit Gupta; Chad R. Tracy is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
Study Type – Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 **What's known on the subject? and What does the study add?** Of patients treated with an indwelling ureteric stent 80–90% experience lower urinary tract symptoms that are a hindrance to health‐related quality of life. The prevalence of the extraction/retrieval string after ureteroscopy for stone disease and stent placement varies significantly between surgeons and published series, but the benefits of eliminating the need for a secondary procedure such as cystoscopy and stent removal, as well as the decrease in cost to the patient are well established. Published reports have not addressed the prevalence of post‐procedure related events (PREs) in patients who have received an indwelling ureteric stent with the extraction/retrieval string still intact after ureteroscopy for stone disease. By analysing PREs (Emergency Room visits, unscheduled clinic visits, and telephone calls) related to their stent or procedure for patients with and without an extraction/retrieval string, the feasibility of the extraction string can be validated and the misconceptions about their use can be alleviated. ## OBJECTIVE To review a retrospective ure
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- Author
- Nathan A. Bockholt; Trevor T. Wild; Amit Gupta; Chad R. Tracy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)