Reexploration 7 weeks later demonstrated that the upper end of the left ureter ended in the abscess cavity; the distal section was not identified. A left nephrectomy was performed, recovery from ...

A ureteral catheter was left in place for 24 h in 100 patients ... The mean stone diameter was 9.1 mm; stones were more common in the distal than in the proximal ureter (90.3% vs 9.7%).