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==Background==
*Placed to relieve obstructions related to kidney stones 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 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==
Tintinalli, 8th ed

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