Question: Hello,
My uncle, who is in his 60s and resides in Patiala, India, had a uteroscopy done 2 weeks ago to remove a kidney stone in Patiala. During the same procedure, the surgeon had also a installed a stent. Unfortunately, my uncle has been in extreme pain since the procedure, and has also been running a fever ever since then. The fever has been low grade for the last 2 weeks, but on some days, it has been as high as 103 F, in spite of the fact that he has been on a heavy regimen of anti-biotics. Last week (one week after the surgery), the surgeon removed the stent to relieve the intense pain. However the pain has not gone away, nor has the fever. In fact, last night my uncle had intense pain and 103 F fever and also started vomiting, so he has been re-hospitalized! The surgeon now finally suspects that there might be an infection, and has ordered a lab culture to determine the next steps. I'm in the US and quite concerned about my uncle's health and whether he is getting the proper care. At this time, I have recommended to my relatives in India to immediately consult another doctor and get a second opinion. I would like to know from the doctors in this forum what the typical diagnosis and prognosis are in cases where the post-uteroscopy symptoms are similar to what my uncle is experiencing? I'm really very concerned about my uncle, and hope and pray that he can have a quick and full recovery.. What should have been a routine procedure has turned out to be extremely ugly.
Thank you.

Dear Dr. Goel,

Thank you for your response. I wanted to gather some more data before writing back to you. My Uncle's son (my cousin) has scanned results of various tests that were performed on my Uncle, and I have attached the same to this thread. My Uncle was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon. He still has low grade fever, and the surgeon has recommended Paracetamol (500mg) which is to be repeated after every 6-8 hours. He also has mild pain/heaviness on the left side which he feels increases/decreases when he moves or changes position. The surgeon said that this is due to the infection, which will take sometime for the infection to be cured completely.

Here are additional details:
I) The Ureteroscopy was performed on Aug 8th, the stent was removed on 17th and my Uncle was re-hospitalized on 21st.

II) When my Uncle was re-hospitalized he was given the following medicines:
1) Megnex Forte 1.5g (Sulbactam 0.5g & Cefoperazone 1g)
2) Levofloxacin 500 mg
3) Amikacin

(The above medicines were all intravenous)

4) Pantoprazole 40 mg tablet

(All the above were given twice a day)

5) Ondansetron 4 mg tablet (before meals)
6) Tolterodine Tartrate 2 mg tablet (Once a day)

III) These medicines were given to him for 2 days & surgeon has advised to continue the same medication for 3 more days, with the change that he has stopped Amikacin, and Levofloxacin is now to be given orally with its dosage changed to once a day.

IV) In addition to these medicines my Uncle also takes 'Tri Glynase 2' (which contains Pioglitazone XXXXXXX 7.5 mg, Metformin XXXXXXX 500mg & Glimepiride 2mg) twice a day for Diabetes, and has recently started taking Telmisartan 40mg for high blood pressure.

Can I request you to please look through all this data and let me know if anything seems out of order, or if there is something else we must do to ensure my Uncle's speedy and full recovery?

Thank you and Best Regards,
Puneet