Abstract
Following renal transplant, ureteral stents aim to minimise ureteroneocystostomy anastomotic complications. Although there is no specified timing for stent removal after transplantation, these are ideally removed at between 2 and 4 weeks. However, forgotten stents can adversely affect renal allograft function and contribute to obstructive uropathy. We present a 59-year-old man with a retained ureteral stent for more than 19 years with an absence of encrustations, fragmentation, migration and stone formation. To our knowledge, this is the longest retained ureteral stent in a renal transplant patient and the first forgotten stent removed via flexible cystoscopy under local anaesthetic.
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