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Case Reports
. 2002 Nov;95(5):1185-8, table of contents.
doi: 10.1097/00000539-200211000-00011.

Acute postoperative pulmonary thromboembolism as a result of intravascular migration of a pigtail ureteral stent

Argyris S Michalopoulos  1 , Maria J Tzoufi, George Theodorakis, Spyros D Mentzelopoulos
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Case Reports

Acute postoperative pulmonary thromboembolism as a result of intravascular migration of a pigtail ureteral stent

Argyris S Michalopoulos et al. Anesth Analg. 2002 Nov.

Abstract

The symptomatic obstruction of a pulmonary arterial branch secondary to the intravascular migration of a pigtail ureteral stent is reported. This iatrogenic complication may cause dyspnea, chest pain, or both after uneventful urologic procedures involving ureteral stents.

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