A retrospective analysis of the use of ureteral stents in children undergoing ureteroneocystotomy.

Ureteral reimplantation is used widely for the correction of ureterovesical reflux. To determine the effect of ureteral stents we reviewed the charts of 63 children undergoing ureteral reimplantation for reflux. Of this group 31 patients had the ureterovesical anastomosis stented while 32 did not. Morbidity and operative failure were comparable in both groups. Our results do not support the use of ureteral stents in patients undergoing ureteroneocystotomy for primary ureterovesical reflux.