Forgotten urological stent

"Forgotten" Ureteral stent DJ stent related complication is not uncommon even in the era of modern urology in the developed world. In this context we have undertaken a retro-prospective study in relation to its various causes, complications, management and prevention of forgotten stents in a single teaching institute. The study period was from January'04 to December'09. The sample size was 60. The effect of "forgotten stent" in our study reflects mild UTI to various complications including severe renal failure. We had approached all of our cases judiciously using various modalities of minimal access endourological techniques either alone or in combinations with successful outcome. The study concluded that it is vary easy to prevent "forgotten stent" and so its complications. However if we confront such unwanted complications that could be managed successfully with the use of endourological techniques. We did not use other techniques like laparoscopy and open surgery in this study.