Ureteral Stenting Using a Combined Antegrade/ Retrograde Procedure: A technique for difficult cases
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
- Vol. 31 (1), 35-37
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365599709070299
Abstract
Ureteral stenting is a procedure of daily routine. There are however cases in which cystoscopic placement of a stent fails despite various technical aids. Percutaneous nephrostomy is usually performed in those patients. In some cases however it is no reasonable alternative. For these special cases we used a combined antegrade/retrograde technique consisting in antegrade guide wire insertion followed by retrograde ureteral stenting. In 8 of 12 cases it was finally possible to insert a ureteral stent with this method. To our mind this technique should be applied when other attempts of stenting have failed and percutaneous nephrostomy is no reasonable alternative.Keywords
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