Nineteen-year forgotten ureteral stent removed under local anaesthetic from a transplanted kidney.

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.