Kidney Stones Surgery With Stent. Types risk factors symptoms treatment investigations. Kidney stents also called ureteral stents are thin flexible hollow tubes placed into the ureter to bypass the obstruction and allow the passage of urine.
After kidney stone removal a soft and thin tube like stent with j shaped endings is placed extending from the kidney to your urinary bladder. One end of the stent opens into the kidney and the other end opens into the bladder. Such obstructions can arise due to various conditions like kidney stones tumors blood clots postsurgical swelling or a narrowing of the ureter which are a pair of.
One end of the stent opens into the kidney and the other end opens into the bladder.
Your doctor might do an x ray or ultrasound a few weeks later to see whether any parts of the stone are left. That is why it is called a double j stent dj stent. Kidney stents also called ureteral stents are thin flexible hollow tubes placed into the ureter to bypass the obstruction and allow the passage of urine. Types risk factors symptoms treatment investigations.