missing stent! - Kidney Disorders Message Board

madambali1 · 08-31-2008, 10:42 AM

I had a kidney stone surgically removed 10 days ago. At the time doctor put a stent in. Went to his office to have it removed and he could not find it. He refered to the xray I had taken prior to the office visit and he said that it obviously has moved up into the kidney. I am scheduled for surgery in a couple of days so that he can go up and try to retreive it. Has anyone ever heard of this, I am very frustrated at this point as the cramping and the back/side pain is a constant. Thanks for any input.

jacmax36 · 09-05-2008, 07:28 PM

i have never herd of it but go threw with the surgery obviously but make shure you get a surgeon with a specific degrey for kidney if he does not get a specialist

asdfghjkimber · 09-07-2008, 04:08 PM

Haha wow thats really somethin. I had the opposite problem, i had a stent put in and it came out while peeing. I had sat down to pee and couldnt stop, then realized a green tube was coming out of me!

supereen · 09-12-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by madambali1

I had a kidney stone surgically removed 10 days ago. At the time doctor put a stent in. Went to his office to have it removed and he could not find it. He refered to the xray I had taken prior to the office visit and he said that it obviously has moved up into the kidney. I am scheduled for surgery in a couple of days so that he can go up and try to retreive it. Has anyone ever heard of this, I am very frustrated at this point as the cramping and the back/side pain is a constant. Thanks for any input.

Yes, this happened to me with my second litho. Don't worry about it, the surgery is nothing and you will feel great when you wake up. I would take the surgery over having it removed in the doctors office (which is what I had the 1st time) any day.