Management of a patient with a double J stent knotted at the mid-portion

Metin Gur; Aşır Eraslan; Abdikarim Hussein Mohamed; Abdulkadir Isse Mohamed; Khalid Ali Mohamed; Sertac Cimen

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102084

Management of a patient with a double J stent knotted at the mid-portion

Urol Case Rep. 2022 Apr 16:43:102084. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102084. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Metin Gur¹, Aşır Eraslan¹, Abdikarim Hussein Mohamed¹, Abdulkadir Isse Mohamed¹, Khalid Ali Mohamed¹, Sertac Cimen¹

Affiliation

¹ Mogadishu Somalia Turkish Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, 2526, Somalia.

Abstract

Ureteral stents are safe, and because of their widespread usage, complications associated with stenting increased. The knotting of the ureteral stent is an uncommon complication. Until today, only three cases of knotting at the mid-portion and distal ends of the ureteral stents were reported. Herein, we report a rare case of a downward migrated ureteral stent with a knot in its middle portion at the level of the distal ureter in a 25-year-old female patient. Her knotted stent was successfully removed by guidewire insertion and ureteroscopy under fluoroscopic guidance.

Keywords: Knotted stent; Mid-portion; Urolithiasis.

Publication types

Case Reports