Review article
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2023.62.s2.16
Review on Complications and Adverse Effects of Metallic Urinary Stents
Duje Rako
orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-7877
; Croatia Polyclinic, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Petra De Graaf
orcid.org/0000-0002-3183-8901
; Department of Urology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Federico Soria
orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-1280
; Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Urinary stents, be it urethral or ureteral, polymeric, metallic or biodegradable, are one
of the most frequently used tools in urology and they have been used for decades in prophylactic and
therapeutic setting. Although relatively low invasive, they are prone to complications and adverse effects
so much that complication rates up to 100% have been described. Many reviews have focused either on
specific groups of patients or particular stent types, materials or designs but so far, no comprehensive
review on complications has been published. To tackle this issue, a working group was set up within
ENIUS (European Network of multidisciplinary research to Improve Urinary Stents) tasked with literature
search in order to screen for and systematically review published stent complications in urethra
(male only) and ureters (polymeric and metallic ureteral stents in both sexes) when used in obstructed
systems. In this paper, we review, catalogue and summarize complications published for metallic urethral
and ureteral stents.
Keywords
Complications; Metal; Alloy; Metallic; Stent; Urethral
Hrčak ID:
309999
URI
Publication date:
31.7.2023.
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