NEGOTIATING URETERAL STENOSES AND KINKS WITH A HYDROPHILIC WIRE

Negotiating a tortuous or obstructed ureter with a wire can be time-co nsuming and sometimes tiring. The principle of using a slippery floppy wire and then replacing it with a stiff wire through a 5-french open- ended ureteral catheter yields a high success rate. The ureteral cathe ter can be used for a radiocontrast study and allows access for a 0.03 5 'coaxial wire', which can be used as a guide wire for a single or do uble J stent.