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(A, B) CT demonstrating the wider proximal tip of the scope and the rippling appearance of the shaft.
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Ripples in the outer skin of the ureteroscope were noted (Fig. 1A, B).
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Coronal section of a noncontrast CT scan demonstrating a 1.1 cm proximal obstructing ureteric stone in a left pelvic kidney.
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A CT scan now demonstrated a 1.1 cm proximal ureteric stone in the pelvic kidney, with associated hydroureteronephrosis (Fig. 2).
Intraoperative fluoroscopic image of contrast injection through the retained ureteroscope.
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Contrast was injected through the ureteroscope, and on fluoroscopy the entire kidney appeared to move with attempts to pull back on the scope (Fig. 3).
Accordioning of the distal bending rubber component of the retained ureteroscope.
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Inspection of the ureteroscope revealed accordioning of the distal bending rubber component (Fig. 4), likely against a stone fragment, rendering it immobile within the ureter.