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Review
. 1998 May;51(4):361-73.

[Double J ureteral catheter. Clinical complications]

[Article in Spanish]
J Vallejo Herrador  1 , F J Burgos Revilla, J Alvarez Alba, J C Sáez Garrido, M Téllez Martínez-Fornés, P Sánchez de la Muela, F Martín-Laborda y Bergasa
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  • PMID: 9656558
Review

[Double J ureteral catheter. Clinical complications]

[Article in Spanish]
J Vallejo Herrador et al. Arch Esp Urol. 1998 May.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the clinical complications of double-J ureteral catheters.

Methods: The most relevant studies published in the literature since the self-retaining indwelling catheter was first described in 1967 are reviewed.

Results: The experience and results reported in the most relevant studies are presented.

Conclusions: The double-J ureteral stent has become an integral part of the urological armamentarium. It allows good urinary drainage from the kidney to the bladder and is generally safe and well-tolerated. However, different complications may occur with short- or long-term use of indwelling stents. These complications vary from minor side effects such as hematuria, dysuria, frequency, flank and suprapubic pain, to major complications such as vesico-ureteric reflux, stent migration, encrustation, urinary infection, stent fracture, necrosis and ureteral fistula. Most of these complications require removal of the catheter.

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