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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 427-428 |
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Removal of migrated metallic prostatic stent by holmium laser
PM Mahajan, AS Padhye, AA Bhave, SS Bapat
Department of Urology, Ratna Memorial Hospital, Pune (Maharashtra), India
Correspondence Address:
S S Bapat
Ratna Memorial Hospital, 968 Senapati Bapat Road
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.70586
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A 90-year-old male with prostatic hyperplasia with a history of ischemic heart disease and right-sided hemiplegia had undergone a Urolume stent placement because of acute urinary retention 9 months earliar. The stent had migrated into the bladder causing dysuria and a poor stream of urine. We fragmented the prostatic stent by Holmium (HO: YAG) laser followed by a laser prostatectomy. After the procedure, the patient voided satisfactorily. |
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