Response to the article "the ideal timing of ureteric stent removal in transplantation patients"

With much pleasure we accept the invitation to respond to the article by Mannu et al. which comments on our recent systematic review on different ureterovesical anastomotic techniques and their effect on urological complications after kidney transplantation. Mannu et al. discuss the stratification of our meta-analysis to correct for stenting bias, as ureteral stenting is a protective factor for urological complications. In these subanalysis, we have created two groups; one completely without ureteral stenting and another group with any ureteral stenting; varying from all-stented to partly-stented and also including studies that compared a stented technique versus a different non-stented technique. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved