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case_images: (A, B) CT demonstrating the wider proximal tip of the scope and the rippling appearance of the shaft.
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case_images: Ripples in the outer skin of the ureteroscope were noted (Fig. 1A, B).
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case_images: 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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case_images: A CT scan now demonstrated a 1.1 cm proximal ureteric stone in the pelvic kidney, with associated hydroureteronephrosis (Fig. 2).
case_images: Intraoperative fluoroscopic image of contrast injection through the retained ureteroscope.
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case_images: 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).
case_images: Accordioning of the distal bending rubber component of the retained ureteroscope.
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case_images: 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.