Placing a stent in a ureter after removing a stone during uretoscopy may be indicated if one or more conditions are present.
Indications for placing a ureteral stent:
(1) presence of a large residual stone burden
(2) solitary kidney
(3) renal insufficiency
(4) ureteral injury
(5) presence or risk of a ureteral stricture
The presence of one or more of these findings would be an indication for placing a ureteral stent in a patient.
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Specialty: Nephrology, Clinical Laboratory
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