Shpall Andrew I, Parekh Ashish R, Bellman Gary C
Department of Urology, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA.
Urology. 2006 Oct;68(4):880-2. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.05.037.
A limitation of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy is the need for postoperative office cystoscopy for removal of the ureteral stent. We have developed a novel technique of intraoperative ureteral stent placement that allows for outpatient removal of the stent through the flank using the stent tether.