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==Background==
*Placed to relieve obstructions related to nephrolithiasis as well as those related to trauma, strictures, tumors

==Complications and Considerations==
*[[UTI]]
**PO antibiotics 
*[[Pyelonephritis]]
**IV antibiotics, call urology, obtain imaging to look at the stent and urinary tract
*Incidental microscopic [[hematuria]] 
**Microscopic hematuria is usually expected
*Gross [[hematuria]]
**Call urology
*[[Dysuria]], urgency, frequency, MILD [[flank pain|flank]] and [[abdominal pain]]
**Pain control, rule out [[UTI]] and other processes, consider anticholinergics like [[oxybutynin]]
*Migration, malfunctioning, malpositioning and/or fragmentation of the stent
**Imaging, call urology 
*Erosion of urinary tract and vascular-ureter fistula, [[retroperitoneal hematoma]]
**Resuscitation, call urology 
 
==See Also==
*[[Urinary tract infections]]
*[[Dysuria]]
*[[Pyelonephritis]]

==References==
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[[Category:Renal]]
[[Category:Urology]]