... after interruption of ureteral blood supply during surgery or impaired healing due to radiotherapy [ 5 ]. Open surgical revision of the ureteroileal anastomosis and ureter re-implantation remains the gold standard with long-term success rates ranging from 76 to 92% [ 6, 7 ]. However, this may prove...

...Ioannis M. Varkarakis; Athanasios Delis; Athanasios Papatsoris; Charalambos Deliveliotis Introduction: Open-ended straight ureteral stents are typically used for the support of the ureteroileal anastomosis during the creation of an orthotopic ‘S-pouch’ ileal neobladder. The use of double J stents...