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Intracardiac Migration of the Ureteral Double-J Stent during Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

Authors :
Jiun-Hung Geng
Yi-Hsuan Wu
Ming-Chen Paul Shih
Chun-Kai Chang
Source :
Medicina, Medicina, Vol 57, Iss 939, p 939 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI, 2021.

Abstract

The complications of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) include hemorrhage, damage to adjuvant organs, and other medical issues, although intracardiac migration of ureteral double-J stent has never been found during PNL and delaying the diagnosis might cause mortality. We report the case of a 60-year-old male who was admitted to receive one-stage PNL for right renal stones. During operation, an unexpected atrial fibrillation with a drop in blood pressure was suddenly encountered and the chest X-ray subsequently showed that the ureteral double-J had penetrated deep into the heart. Emergent endovascular intervention was performed to remove the stent and the patient was uneventfully discharged 2 days later.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16489144 and 1010660X
Volume :
57
Issue :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Medicina
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8619b567d1405f5218fa38f71f10f724