The Impact of Timing of Stent Removal on the Incidence of UTI, Recurrence, Symptomatology, Resistance, and Hospitalization in Renal Transplant Recipients

Table 2

Summary of the outcomes of early versus late stent removal.

	Total	Early	Late	p
	279	114	165
UTIs related to stent	74	20	54	0.006
	26%	17.5%	32.7%
UTIs by 6 months	97	36	61	0.373
	34%	29%	36%
UTI recurrence in the first 6 months	56	19	37	0.288
	57,7%	52%	60%
MDRO by 6 months	41	12	29	0.205
	42.2%	33.30%	47.50%,
UTIs before stent (requiring expedited stent removal)	56	11	45	<0.001
	20%	9.6%	27%
Urological complications of renal transplantation
Urinary leak	3	0	3	0.272
	1.10%	0.0%	1.80%
Stenosis/ obstruction	3	1	2
	1%	0.36%	0.64%