Outcome Analysis and Cost Comparison Between Externalized Pyeloureteral and Standard Stents in 470 Consecutive Open Pyeloplasties

Abstract

The 2 ureteral stents are equivalent in regard to overall complication and success rates after pyeloplasty. However, Salle intraoperative pyeloplasty stent insertion was associated with a Canadian $565 cost decrease per patient and most importantly the preclusion of a second general anesthesia for catheter removal.