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From: Combined endoscopic surgery in the prone-split leg position for successful single-session removal of an encrusted ureteral stent: a case report

Figure 3

Ureteroscopic (a-c) and nephroscopic images (d-f). (a) The distal end of the stent was heavily encrusted. (b) A ureteroscope was inserted beside the encrusted ureteral stent in the direction of the ureteral stones at the upper ureteral tract (arrow: 0.035-mm guide wire, arrowheads: encrusted stent). (c) Lithotripsy of the ureteral stones using a Holmium YAG laser (arrow: laser fiber). (d) The proximal end of the encrusted stent. (e) Lithotripsy of the encrusted stent using lithoclast (arrow: ureteral stent). (f) Ureteral stent after fragmentation of the encrustation.

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