Reflux of a staple after kock pouch urinary diversion: a nidus for renal stone formation.

J Endourol

Department of Urology and Neurourology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Marienhospital Herne, Herne, Germany.

Published: June 2004

A patient with cystectomy and urinary diversion after spinal cord injury had multiple pouch concretements and a kidney stone formed around a staple that apparently had refluxed from the nipple of the pouch. In such cases, the stone and staple should be removed at the same time, either percutaneously or by ureterorenoscopy.

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