[Fistula between the bladder and vagina after implantation of a ureteric thermo-stent for radiogenic long segment stricture of the left lower ureter].

The implantation of ureteric thermo-stents in the treatment of benign and malignant ureteric strictures is, besides ureterocystoneostomy, replacement of the ureter by intestine, double-J catheter, and nephrostomy, an alternative therapeutic option. We report on a female patient with a radiological long segment stricture of the left lower ureter who developed a fistula between the bladder and vagina 6 months after implantation of a ureter thermo-stent because the distal end of the thermo-stent extended into the bladder.