タグ: 尿管ステント

尿管ステント：長所と短所

Ureteral stent is a very useful surgical instrument in Endoscopic Urologic surgery. My patients always asked questions on this thing “what was that?”? Is it dangerous to do so? What will cause the side effects during retaining the ureteral stent? This topic I will encoding all your questions. Ureteral stent or communicated-friendly among medical professional “Double-J stent” is a small tube with double pigtail coil at both end (Pigtail’s shape is lookalike J alphabet, that’s why we called Double-J stent). It was invented since 1976 with tremendous benefits in urologic management. Due to its shape mimic the ureteral anatomy, 25 cm long with diameter that relatively smaller than ureteral lumen, […]