Then they aim high-energy shock waves at your kidney from the outside. These waves go through your skin and break up your stone into tiny pieces. The doctor might put a tube called a stent into ...

Make sure you have someone to drive you home after your procedure. We may also place a stent in your ureter (tube between your bladder and kidney) up to a few weeks prior to your surgery. This stent, ...

The stent, I was assured, would alleviate the pain. More importantly, it would keep the tumor from collapsing my ureter, leading to irreversible kidney failure. Hadassah’s outpatient stent ...

In 2011, a gunshot to his abdomen required major surgery at another institution. The bullet sliced his ureter, which ...

In most cases, a surgeon will also place a stent to ensure that the kidney properly drains urine after the procedure. They’ll remove the stent a few days after the procedure. The procedure ...

This can occur when stones obstruct the urinary tract and resolve when the kidney stone passes or when a doctor places a stent or removes the stone. Kidney failure may also present as chronic ...

However, the majority of patients still routinely receive stents after ureteroscopy, Seth Bechis, MD, MS, an associate professor of Urology at the Comprehensive Kidney Stone Center, University of ...