Young-Ho Choi, Hyo Jeong Kang, Kyung-Wuk Kim, Mun Seong Jo, Md Didarul Islam, Jeong Sik Kim, Sang Jin Jeon, Changje Lee, Seung Bae Lee, Min Uk Kim, Hyoung-Ho Kim
PURPOSE: Commercial double J stents (DJS) have a uniform shape regardless of the specific nature of various ureteral diseases. We tested renovated DJS and compared them with conventional DJS using ureter models. METHODS: One straight ureter model included stenosis at the distal ureter near the ureterovesical junction and the other did not. We used conventional DJS and renovated 5- and 6-Fr soft DJS for ureter stones and 6-, 7-, and 8.5-Fr hard DJS for tumors. The DJS comprised holes in the upper, middle, or lower one-third of the shaft (length, 24 cm; 2-cm-diameter coils at both ends)...
April 10, 2024: World Journal of Urology