Symptoms and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia patients with upper urinary tract calculi after ureteral stent implantation
LIU Wei
ZHANG Hui
LIU Shuang-ning
BIAN Shao-hua
KANG Qi-yuan
LI Ying-yi
DU Qiao
Yuan Wen-bing
ZHU Jiang
Abstract：Objective:To analyze the symptoms,diagnosis and treatment of upper urinary tract calculi patients combined with mild and moderate benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH)after ureteral stent implantation.Methods:One hundred and six BPH pa-tients who were hospitalized for upper urinary tract calculi and had ureteral stents retained from January 2019 to December 2022 were selected and divided into 2 weeks group and 4 weeks group according to the time of removal of ureteral stents after surgery.Their gener-al clinical data were analyzed and compared.International Prostatic Symptom Scale(IPSS),postoperative ureteral Stent Symptom Questionnaire(USSQ),and incidence of adverse events after ureteral stent removal were recorded before and after removal.Results:The scores of IPSS were significantly increased in all patients,and symptoms in urinary tract had improved significantly after discharge(P＜0.05).Compared with the 2 weeks group,the USSQ score of the 4 weeks group was significantly increased(P＜0.05).And no significant adverse event was observed in the 2 weeks group after the removal of ureteral sten.Conclusion:IPSS score and USSQ score increased significantly during stent implantation in BPH patients with lithiasis.And complications increased sig-nificantly over time.Following thorough clinical assessment,early ureteral stent removal demonstrates both safety and efficacy,repre-senting an optimal therapeutic approach in selected cases.
Keywords：upper urinary calculiureteroscopic lithotripsyureteral stentlower urinary tract symptomsbenign prostatic hy-perplasia
Publication Date：2025-07-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-21(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 608-611 )