Sonographically guided removal of a double J ureteral stent in an infant

✍ Scribed by Ramesh C. Jutti; Raman Subramaniam; Davaraj Balsingh; Akhtar M. Qureshi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 189 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10062

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A 2‐month‐old male infant with a prenatally diagnosed obstruction of the ureteropelvic junction underwent a dismembered Anderson‐Hynes pyeloplasty. A transanastomotic double J ureteral stent was placed between the renal pelvis and the urinary bladder. This report describes the subsequent removal of the double J ureteral stent from the patient's urinary bladder without the aid of a cystoscope: a rigid biopsy forceps was introduced trans‐urethrally into the urinary bladder, and the stent was removed with sonographic guidance. Removal of a ureteral stent with sonographic guidance has not been previously reported in infants. This technique may be particularly useful in developing countries, where appropriate‐sized cystoscopes and accessories may not be available. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 30:232–235, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10062