Nesbitt Alexander Luke, Joshi Andre, Perera Marlon, Clubb Adrian
Urology, Mater Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Nov 19;12(11):e232280. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232280.
Ureteral stents are an essential tool in modern day adult and paediatric urology. They are usually placed with the intention of removal or replacement after a specific time but may occasionally be forgotten or unintentionally retained. We present the case of a young man who presented with symptoms caused by a retained ureteric stent placed 26 years earlier during reconstructive ureteric surgery as an infant.