Ureteric stent card register - a 5-year retrospective analysis.

Introduction: Ureteric stenting is a common urological procedure. Forgotten stents have a well-documented morbidity and mortality. Therefore, we asked the question, is a stent register an important factor in reducing the number of lost or overdue stents?

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 203 patients who had ureteric stents inserted in the operating theatre, for the 5-year period 1 December 1998 to 1 December 2003.

Intraoperative flow measurements are helpful in the treatment of high-inflow steal syndrome on a predialysis patient with a brachiocephalic fistula: a case report.

Distal revascularization and interval ligation (DRIL) is currently one of the mainstay treatments for severe steal syndrome. However, when high inflow is the underlying cause, this technique does not fully address the problem. Here, we describe the use of intraoperative flow measurements using transit time ultrasound technology to help identify the cause of steal syndrome in a predialysis patient (no transonic surveillance) with a brachiocephalic fistula, who then was treated successfully by inflow reduction surgery using a bovine ureter graft.