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Drainage of the upper urinary tract by insertion of an open nephrostomy has been an option for more than a 100 years, but the percutaneous approach, with which are so familiar, has only been a viable, widely available option for the last 40 years. Roughly over the same time period, internalized “double J stents” have become available for retrograde, antegrade, and open drainage or splinting of the injured or reconstructed, ureter and upper urinary tract.
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Ramsay JWA, Payne SR, Gosling PT, et al. The effects of double J stenting on unobstructed ureters. An experimental and clinical study. Br J Urol. 1985;57:630–4.
Sountoulides P, Kaplan A, Kaufmann OG, Sofikitis N. Current status of metal stents for managing malignant ureteric obstruction. BJU Int. 2010;105:1066–72.
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Payne, S. (2012). Double J Stents and Nephrostomy. In: Payne, S., Eardley, I., O'Flynn, K. (eds) Imaging and Technology in Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2422-1_48
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