Dear Editor,

A stent is a tube kept within a tubular structure to maintain luminal patency or protect an anastomosis or graft. In urological practice ureteral stents are inserted to relieve ureteral obstruction, to support ureteral anastomoses and repairs, to treat minor ureteric injuries, and to identify the ureters at open surgery. During insertion, ureteral stents may pierce the ureteric wall and enter adjacent structures. During removal, stents may cause undue damage to the ureter like ureteric avulsion and urine extravasation. Such injuries are categorized together under stenting induced trauma (SIT) [1]. Inadvertent entry of the stent into adjacent major vessels after perforation of the ureter is an important form of SIT due to its potential of causing life threatening complications.