On 20 january 2023, neotract was made aware of a patient that received a prostatic urethral lift (pul) procedure that day.During the procedure, it was noted that one implant did not tension and was removed with graspers.It was reported to neotract on 16 february 2023, that sometime within one day of the pul procedure, the patient went into kidney failure and was hospitalized for three days.A cystoscopy revealed that the patient's ureters were "very distal/close to the bladder neck" and were "closed off/occluded." it was reported that the tension caused by opening the prostatic lateral lobes with urolift implants caused the ureters to become taut and occluded and bilateral stents were placed.The patient was reported to be voiding well and the physician plans on removing the stents one at a time.
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