https://www.healthline.com/health/removal-of-urinary-stent
After the procedure, your care team may advise you to: drink lots of fluids, usually about 2 to 3 liters, to help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) take prescription or over-the-counter pain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URaxu7ocBs
As always, please do not post any personal medical information in the comments section or ask to comment on a personal medical situation. Disclaimer: This vi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBopinhG4Lg
Dr. Michael A. Palese, Chair, Dept. of Urology at Mount Sinai in New York, performs a stent removal procedure with the Ambu® aScope™ 4 Cysto single-use, flex

https://bmcurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12894-015-0114-6
Removing a ureteral stent using an extraction string was first described by Siegel et al. in 1986 as a simple method to avoid general anesthesia and unnecessary urethral instrumentation for pediatric patients [].Subsequently, several descriptions of a method to remove ureteral stents using an extraction string have been published [2-6].The method is advantageous because it can obviate an

https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health-wellness/health-encyclopedia/he.ureteral-stent-removal-what-to-expect-at-home.abs2499
A ureteral (say "you-REE-ter-ul") stent is a thin, hollow tube that was placed in your ureter to help urine pass from the kidney into the bladder. Ureters are the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder. There are several ways to remove the stent. The stent may have been removed by your doctor in a hospital or your doctor's office.

https://www.kidneystoners.org/information/how-is-a-ureteral-stent-removed/
Video of ureteral stent removal in a male patient. ... They used laser on surgery #1 and supposedly burned the laser gun out after finding a 15 cm or 3/4 inch stone in the lower lobe. Anyway, I had an internal stent from procedure/surgery #1. ... Just keep pulling with a steady motion and then in about 5 seconds you will notice the stent. Just

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277270/
Stent removal typically involves a return to the clinic or hospital and the removal of the stent in a procedure or operating room using a cystoscope. ... (177 mile) round trip made by patients for cystoscopic stent removal and the cost of driving at $0.15-.35/km ($0.40-.90/mile; based ... Low R.K., Monga M., Nguyen M.M. Patient

https://med.virginia.edu/urology/wp-content/uploads/sites/248/2024/03/Ureteral-Stent-What-to-Expect-How-to-Manage.pdf
A stent is placed if your urologist thinks the urine might not drain well after kidney stone surgery. Stents are often placed to stop stone fragments or blood from blocking urine leaving the kidney and to prevent spasms in the ureter. Stents can be left with or without a string. It is very common for stents to cause symptoms following surgery.

https://www.urologytimes.com/view/patient-removal-of-ureteral-stent-with-extraction-string-is-safe-and-economical
In this video, Sirikan Rojanasarot, PhD, and Amy E. Krambeck, MD, share additional information regarding the recent Urology Practice study, "The Economic Burden of Cystoscopy-Based Ureteral Stent Removal in the United States: An Analysis of Nearly 30,000 Patients."Rojanasarot is a principal health economist at Boston Scientific, and Krambeck is a professor of urology at Northwestern

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01821-2
The rate of removing stents by hand in the Novel-S group was lower than that in the Normal-S group (93.5% vs 100%, p = 0.004), and the group took a longer time to remove ureteral stents (65.3 vs

https://www.urology.co.nz/info/removing-your-stent
How to remove your stent. It is important to try and relax. This will make removal easier. Take hold of the string and with a firm, steady motion, pull the stent until it is out. Remember that it is approximately 25-30 cm long. This will feel uncomfortable but it should not be painful. Once the stent is removed you will probably experience some

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/aftercareinformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=abs2499
A ureteral (say "you-REE-ter-ul") stent is a thin, hollow tube that was placed in your ureter to help urine pass from the kidney into the bladder. Ureters are the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder. There are several ways to remove the stent. The stent may have been removed by your doctor in a hospital or your doctor's office.

https://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/urology/FAQUrologicUreteralStents.pdf
A ureteral stent is a soft tube about 10 - 12 inches long and about as big around as a coffee swizzle stick (picture on left). It is placed in the ureter, which is the ... There are two ways to remove ureteral stents. Commonly, the stent is removed by cystoscopy, an outpatient procedure which takes only a few minutes. During

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7469769/
The ureteral stent could not be removed as it had become encrusted with renal stones. The encrusted ureteral stent was successfully removed by cutting it with a Ho:YAG laser using 4.5/6.5‐Fr semi‐rigid and flexible ureteroscopes retrogradely. The patient subsequently remained stone‐free without any complication.

https://www.kidneystoners.org/treatments/stents/
Stents can be removed in two different ways. Sometimes, a string is left attached to the end of the stent. This string is allowed to come out of the patient's urethra, the tube where he or she urinates. The string can be used to pull on the stent and remove it. In cases where a string is not left attached, a small camera called a cystoscope

https://www.kidneystoners.org/polls-and-surveys/what-should-i-expect-when-i-have-my-stent-removed-results-from-a-kidneystoners-survey/
Overall, 35% felt the actual stent removal experience was not as bad or not nearly as bad as they expected. 27% reported that their experience was about what they expected. 15% felt it was a bit worse and 23% felt it was a much worse. Reporting the pain as much worse than expected occurred in 27% of those who underwent office cystoscopy, 24% of

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21795-ureteral-stents
Ureteral stents are thin, flexible tubes that hold ureters open. The ureters are part of the urinary system. Typically, these long, thin tubes carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder. Healthcare providers place ureteral stents to prevent or treat ureteral obstructions. Silicone or polyurethane (plastic) ureteral stents are about 10 to 15

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.7863/ultra.15.11028
The purpose of this study was to develop a fast, comfortable, and safe method of ureteral stent removal in women. Methods. From February 2014 to July 2015, a retrospective multicenter controlled study including 82 female outpatients was conducted. The control group was composed of 46 patients who underwent stent removal using a 22F cystoscope.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4287107/
The majority of stents (44%) were removed by office cystoscopy while 39% had their stents removed by string. Mean pain during stent removal was 4.8 out of 10 with 57% reporting moderate-to-severe pain levels of 4 or more. Removal by office cystoscopy resulted in the highest experienced pain (5.3). Thirty-two percent reported delayed severe pain

https://www.reddit.com/r/KidneyStones/comments/nz8t0z/how_bad_is_stent_removal/
Cystoscope removal of a stent is how it's going to get removed if it doesn't have a string. Whether you're awake for it or not is another issue. If you're a man, they will numb the area around the urethra so the scope can go in. Once they stick the scope in, they have a pathway to fish their grabber down and fetch it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/KidneyStones/comments/10d132l/nervous_for_stent_removal_any_positive_stories/
Also from a male's perspective. I too had a ureteroscopy for the removal of a stone stuck in my left ureter. I had a stent for 3 weeks. I did not have a string so removal was via a cystoscopy. The procedure was super quick and not painful. A numbing agent is injected into the urethra which that did catch me off guard and was uncomfortable when

https://www.kidneystoners.org/information/severe-pain-after-stent-removal-how-often-does-it-happen-and-can-anything-prevent-it/
For now though, the study is currently the only evidence we have on how often post stent removal severe pain occurs and what we might do to prevent it - take a single dose of a NSAID pain medication fifteen minutes before removing a stent. Of note, the medication used in the study, rofecoxib (brand name Vioxx), was withdrawn from the US

https://www.icliniq.com/articles/kidney-and-urologic-diseases/kidney-stent-removal
What Is a Kidney Stent? Ureteral stents are slender, flexible tubes placed within the ureter, the pathway facilitating urine flow from the kidneys to the bladder. These stents serve to maintain the openness of the ureter in cases of constriction or obstruction. Kidney stones or inflammation can impede the normal urine flow through the ureter.