Kidney Stone Bladder Stent. The stent helps urine drain from the kidneys to the bladder clearing any obstructions and hopefully bringing stones along with it. Hi i had a kidney stone operation 3 weeks ago i have 4 stones and one 14mm in size this one was removed and have been left with a stent 3 weeks on and on my 3rd infection and major blood in urine looks like red wine just wondering if this is correct as my gp s.
Ureters are the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder. Such obstructions can arise due to various conditions like kidney stones tumors blood clots postsurgical swelling or a narrowing of the ureter which are a pair of muscular tubes connecting the kidneys to the urinary. The stent is often used when there is a blockage in the ureter for example from a kidney stone and allows urine to drain around the blockage.
1 by pulling on a stent string if the string was left in place.
A stent is a small hollow tube that is placed into the ureter. It s flexible and approximately 10 inches in length. The stent is flexible to withstand the body s movements and is coiled at both ends to help keep it in place. The top portion of the stent has a small curl that sits in the kidney and the opposite ends curls in the bladder.