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Outcomes Associated with the Endourological Management of Stent Encrustation: Findings from a Literature Review on Behalf of the EAU YAU Urolithiasis Group

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

Double J ureteric stents (DJs) are useful aids for urinary drainage in case of stones or tumour causing ureteric obstruction. Prolonged dwelling time such as when forgotten can lead to encrustation. Our aim was to perform a literature review to evaluate outcomes associated with endourological management of encrusted stents (ES).

Recent Findings

There now exist validated tools which can aid in grading the severity of encrustation and aid operative planning such as the total number of surgeries that may be required. Evaluation of different treatment strategies remains under reported.

Summary

Removal of encrusted stent is a challenging problem, and it typically requires a multimodal endourological approach.

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  1. Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Virginia Massella, Amelia Pietropaolo & Bhaskar K. Somani

  2. Department of Urology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Patrick Juliebø-Jones & Christian Beisland

  3. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Patrick Juliebø-Jones & Christian Beisland

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Virginia Massella participated to this manuscript with data curation, writing-original draft, and writing-review and editing. Patrick Juliebø-Jones participated to this manuscript with literature research, screening, data curation, software, validation, review and editing. Amelia Pietropaolo participated in this manuscript with literature screening, writing, review, validation, and final editing. Christian Beisland participated in this manuscript with final editing. Bhaskar Somani participated in this manuscript with conceptualisation, project administration, supervision, validation, writing-review and editing.

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Massella, V., Juliebø-Jones, P., Pietropaolo, A. et al. Outcomes Associated with the Endourological Management of Stent Encrustation: Findings from a Literature Review on Behalf of the EAU YAU Urolithiasis Group. Curr Urol Rep 24, 187–199 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-023-01144-x

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