Changing the Shape of the Double-Pigtail Stent to Attenuate Urinary Stent's Symptoms

Department of Urology, Polyclinic of Blois, 1 Rue Robert Debré, 41260, The Chaussée Saint-Victor, France

*Corresponding Author:

Benoît Vogt
Department of Urology
Polyclinic of Blois
1 Rue Robert Debré, 41260
The Chaussée Saint-Victor, France
Tel: 33663220844
E-mail: message@benoitvogt.fr

Received date: November 26, 2014; Accepted date: November 27, 2014; Published date: December 02, 2014

Citation: Vogt B,Desgrippes A,Desfemmes FN (2014) Changing the Shape of the Double-Pigtail Stent to Attenuate Urinary Stent’s Symptoms . J Palliat Care Med 4:i101. doi:10.4172/2165-7386.1000i101

Copyright: © 2014 Vogt B, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Medical Images

Figure 1: Appearance of the inflamed ureteral meatus around the double-pigtail stent.

Figure 2: No ureteral inflammation is visible in contact with the suture thread.

Figure 3: Appearance of the manually sculpted tail of the pigtail suture stent (endoscopic view).

Description

These photographs show a ureteral meatus intubated with a double-pigtail stent or a thin thread.

The double-pigtail stent's inflammation may induce bladder symptoms and pain.

The replacement of the lower part of the stent by a thread improves tolerance.

Tolerance could be further improved by smoothing the transition between stent and thread.