How is a stent implanted on your kidney?

Question

Is it major surgury or a simple procedure. I'm pregnant and may have to have on put in.

Answer 1

Stents are often used on people who cannot tolerate major surgery because they can usually be inserted without any major cutting or large-scale anaesthetic usually.

In this case, it is passed through the urethra, through the bladder, and then into the ureter and the kidney. In other words, they just follow the path that urine takes, going upstream until they get to your kidneys. They use only your existing orfices and hopefully don't have to make any new ones or cut anything. The procedure is (hopefully) completely bloodless.

There are also alternate procedures that DO involve making a small hole near the kidney and pushing the collapsed stint through that, if, for some reason, they want to go in the other direction.

It doesn't SOUND fun, but then they wouldn't use a stint at all if they didn't think it was pretty important! Pictures and references in link below.

Answer 2

Here is some information I found on a website on stent placements in general. This is just one place, it will vary from where you may have it done. This may not be exactly what you are looking for either, but may give you some idea. Each facility does things a little differently. I will pray for you and your unborn child and I will pray that your health gets better so you will not have to worry about any surgical procedures at all. Hugs to you.


Although stents are often used in cardiac procedures they have a wide range of other uses:

To keep open arteries in the kidney, the legs, brain, lower abdomen, pancreas and kidneys

To open the renal/ilial arteries that provide blood to the kidneys and legs.

To treat patients with liver disease.

To treat blockages in the esophagus to make it easier to swallow.


Inserting a stent into an artery is not a temporary procedure. The device becomes part of your vascular system. The stent itself can re-stenose in which case you may receive radiation directly to the stent to help open it again or have an additional stent placed.
How is it done?
You will lie on a table with an x ray camera over you.

A mild sedative will be administered. You will be awake but relaxed during the procedure.

The procedure may be done through an artery in the groin, arm or wrist.

You will be given local anesthetic and blood thinning medication through an IV.

The lead catheter will be moved toward the heart (if you are having a cardiac stent put in place). Dye will be injected through a catheter. An angioplasty may be performed. This is a procedure in which a balloon-tipped catheter is placed in the diseased artery. The balloon expands the stent. There are some stents that inflate without the balloon.

Within 24 hours there will be tissue growth around the stent that will prevent the stent from moving from the insertion site.

The procedure takes between two and four hours. More than one stent can be inserted during a procedure.

What equipment is used?
Various catheters and guide wires will be used to access the affected area and a special catheter with a balloon tip will be used to open the diseased vessel and deploy the stent. The stent is a tube-like wire mesh device that when expanded becomes rigid to force and hold open the blood vessel.

An x ray machine will be placed over the table you are lying on.

How will it feel?
You may have a stinging sensation when the anesthesia is given. You may also get uncomfortable lying on your back. There is a sensation of painful pinching during angioplasty stenting.

What are the risks and benefits?
There is a chance that your vessel will suffer some damage as a result of the stent placement. Your stent may “re-narrow” at some time after the placement resulting in the need for surgical intervention.

You may have difficulty going through the metal detectors used in airports.

Stents reduce the likelihood of the need for further procedures to open narrowing vessels.

Who interprets results and how will I get them?
The physician performing the procedure will interpret the results. They normally confer with patients and family after the procedure.

After the procedure
You may feel groggy from the sedative after the stent has been inserted.

You may be a bit sore at the site where the catheter was inserted.

You will need to lie on your back for several hours unless your arm or wrist were the site of the insertion.

You will need to avoid lifting anything heavy, exercising vigorously or engaging in sexual activities.

You will be prescribed blood-thinning drugs, most probably for life.

You will need to avoid having an MRI test for six weeks. You may need antibiotics before having certain procedures done.

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ANY SURGERY IS MAJOR, MY MOM HAD SEVERAL PUT IN HER HEART OVER THE YEARS AND SHE ALSO HAD ONE PUT IN HER KIDNEY, BUT IT WAS TO LATE TO SAVE THE KIDNEY, SO HER KIDNEY JUST SHRIVELED UP, SO NOW SHE HAS ONLY ONE. THEY HAVE A PLACE BY YOUR GROIN AREA, THAT THEY INSERT A NEEDLE WITH THE STENT INTO IT, AND IT GOES INTO YOUR KIDNEY, AFTER THAT YOU HAVE TO LAY FLAT ON YOUR BACK FOR 8 HOURS, B/C THE SITE WHERE THEY INSERTED THE NEEDLE, COULD OPEN , AND YOU COULD BLEED TO DEATH, IT'S NOT TO BAD, MY MOM HAS IT DONE TO HER HEART ALL THE TIME. I HAVEN'T EVER HEARD OF A PREGNANT WOMEN GETTING IT DONE THOUGH. I HOPE THINGS GO WELL FOR YOU I WILL SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU TAKE CARE.

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Answer 7

To add to what's already been said, please talk to your doctor about how often these have to be replaced. When my dad had one put in he was advised that it may have to be replaced every 2 years or so.