Double-J Stent Misplacement in the Inferior Vena Cava and Right Atrium: A Urovascular Nightmare

Reply to Pankaj N. Maheshwari, Aditya Goal, and Pushkar Srivastava’s Letter to the Editor re: Manuel Armas-Phan, Benjamin N. Schmeusser, Nicholas W. Eyrich, and Kenneth Ogan. Double-J Stent Misplacement in the Inferior Vena Cava and Right Atrium: A Urovascular Nightmare. Eur Urol Open Sci 2022;46:128–34

“…We appreciate the interest expressed by Dr. Maheshwari and colleagues regarding our manuscript detailing ureteral stent misplacement during gonadal vein to bladder anastomosis [1] . Their comments on our article are well received and we are happy to answer their questions, particularly surrounding the issue of gonadal vein thrombosis and the decision to embolize the gonadal vein.…”

Re: Manuel Armas-Phan, Benjamin N. Schmeusser, Nicholas W. Eyrich, Kenneth Ogan. Double-J Stent Misplacement in the Inferior Vena Cava and Right Atrium: A Urovascular Nightmare. Eur Urol Open Sci 2022;46:128–34

“…We read the article by Armas-Phan et al [1] with huge interest. The authors need to be complimented for presenting a rare complication of ureteric reimplantation involving erroneous reimplantation of the gonadal vein instead of the ureter into the bladder.…”