Ureteral stents are associated with reduced risk of ureteral complications after kidney transplantation: a large single center experience.

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Published in Transplantation on February 15, 2012

Authors

Sameh A Fayek1, Jeffrey Keenan, Abdolreza Haririan, Matthew Cooper, Rolf N Barth, Eugene Schweitzer, Jonathan S Bromberg, Stephen T Bartlett, Benjamin Philosophe

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. sfayek@smail.umaryland.edu

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