BARCELONA—A thermo-expandable segmental metallic stent has scored higher than a conventional polyurethane plastic stent on a validated quality of life questionnaire completed by patients with ureteral ...

Advanced stent sustains drainage, allows for one stent placement in 12 months Ureteral obstruction occurs when benign or malignant growths compress sections of the urinary tract, limiting the kidney’s ...

Memokath 051 Ureter stent is a biocompatible, thermo-expandable, nickel-titanium alloy ureteric stent. It is intended as an alternative to conventional ureteric stents for people with benign or ...

A Highland Beach man has sued Boca Raton Regional Hospital and a Boca Raton radiologist he claims inserted a stent on the wrong side of his body in May 2018. The patient, Stanley Stein, 80, a survivor ...

In a trial, more patients taking tamsulosin were able to tolerate placement of a large ureteral access sheath for kidney stone removal procedures. Preoperative administration of tamsulosin improves ...

Metal mesh stents are a viable option for long-term decompression of the upper urinary tract in select patients with malignant ureteral obstruction. So say Evangelos Liatsikos and colleagues from the ...

Background A 66-year-old man presented to hospital with gross hematuria and clots. He had previously undergone surgical repair of a right iliac artery aneurysm with placement of a vascular prosthesis ...

malignant ureteric obstruction and anticipated medium- or long-term survival after adjunctive therapy benign ureteric obstruction who cannot have or do not want reconstructive surgery any type of ...