Stent Placement Surgery For Kidney Stones. A stent is placed in the ureter to help urine drain. The stent may stay in for several weeks.
Kidney stones are the most common reason for placing a ureteral stent. The stent may stay in for several weeks. Ureteral stents are hollow soft and plastic tubes placed on a temporary basis within the ureter to help in the drainage nearby the kidney stone or to increase the speed of healing process after undergoing a kidney stone surgery.
Stents are used for various reasons in patients with kidney stones.
Based on the severity of the obstruction these stents are either placed for a few days or weeks or may be required for a longer time period extending to several months. Photo of a ureteral stent next to a pen. Doctors place stents at the time of surgeries by simply sliding them on a soft guide wire placed at the above portion of the ureter that acts as a tube to drain the kidney. A stent is placed in the ureter to help urine drain.