A stone bigger than a chicken egg in the body of a 27-year-old young man
A 27-year-old man from the West forgot the JJ catheter for 5 years in his body, forming a very large stone in the bladder.
On March 25, Can Tho Central General Hospital said that a 27-year-old male patient had just performed surgery to remove a very large stone in the bladder.
Patient DVH (27 years old, in Hau Giang) was transferred to Can Tho Central General Hospital, with left back pain.
5 years ago, the patient performed endoscopic left urolithiasis at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. After lithotripsy, the patient had a JJ catheter.
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| Two stones were removed from the body of a 27-year-old male patient |
The doctor told him to return to the hospital for a follow-up examination to remove the JJ tube. However, the patient did not re-examine and forgot 1 catheter in the body. Patient H. often has pain in the hips, back, sharp urine, hematuria.
In particular, the patient twice urinated on a long wire, so he thought the catheter was completely out.
The results of ultrasound and computed tomography showed that the left kidney was waterlogged in grade II, there was 1 stone in the pyelonephritis – ureter and 1 very large stone in the bladder; 1 piece of JJ pipe…
Through consultation, the doctor decided to do laparoscopic surgery to remove kidney stones and open surgery to remove bladder stones for the patient. As a result, 2 stones weighing 300 grams were removed from the patient’s body.
Currently, the patient’s health has improved, the incision is dry, there is no fever, and his survival is stable.
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| Doctor examining patient |
Doctor Nguyen Phuoc Loc, Head of Department of Nephrology – Urology, said, nowadays, JJ catheter is widely used. With the strong development of urological endoscopy, the JJ tube is placed to drain the ureter in many cases after surgery for urinary tract stones, percutaneous renal lithotripsy, after endoscopic ureteral lithotripsy…
The time to withdraw the catheter is determined by the doctor. The time for placing a JJ catheter in the ureter depends on the type, usually only a maximum of 3 months to a year.
There are cases where JJ is placed, for many reasons, it is “forgotten” in the body for a long time, creating stones. In addition, broken sonde is a possible complication, causing urinary tract infection, hematuria…
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