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The study aimed to evaluate international practices in ureteral stent management and identify gaps in adherence to guidelines.

Comprehensive survey on urological stent practices by the European Association of Urology (EAU) Endourology

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The study aimed to evaluate international practices in ureteral stent management and identify gaps in adherence to guidelines.
Cross-sectional international survey with 58 items across nine domains.
Distributed via social media, urological meetings, and the EAU Endourology Section.
Analyzed fully completed responses using descriptive statistics.
121 respondents from 48 countries participated.
Stent placement was nearly universal in complicated ureteroscopy cases; selected pre-stenting was common post-failed ureteroscopy.
45% did not use a structured stent-tracking system, and 71.8% had never used a validated symptom-assessment tool.

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Cross-sectional survey evaluates ureteral stent use and management standards among endourologists, highlighting key gaps.

Akgul et al. (2026) studied this question.

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