Urethral steinstrasse: Day case care

Abstract

Key Clinical MessageUrethral steinstrasse is rare. Only a few cases of spontaneous or postinterventional urethral steinstrasse have been reported in pediatric and adult patients. We report a case of a 52‐year‐old Nigerian man with a secondary urethral steinstrasse, and the treatment options possible, as day case procedures, under caudal anesthesia.

Images – Acute urinary retention due to urethral steinstrasse

“…Urethral steinstrasse has previously been reported following ESWL for large renal staghorn calculi 3 , in the post-cystolitholapaxy setting 4,5 , and also in two patients without any history of stone disease 6,7 . In this case, bladder calculi occurred as a complication of BPH which are most commonly managed endoscopically [8][9][10] .…”