Stents to treat various blockages in the human body can themselves become blocked, but a new sensor developed at the ...

long-term coronary stents and ureteral stents. This research includes co-authors at Michigan Medicine and was funded in part ...

The patient returned for removal of the endopyelotomy stent and placement of a standard 'double J' ureteric stent 1 month later. A retrograde study showed a normal ureter. The stent was removed 2 ...

In rare cases, a ureteral stent must be in place until the time of operation. [9] Figure 1. Symptomatic posthysterectomy vault prolapse in 60-year-old female. Abdominal sacrocolpopexy was utilized ...

A ureteropelvic anastomosis, protected with a ureteral stent, was created. This proved difficult because of the short remnant ureter and contracted pelvis. The percutaneous nephrostomy was removed ...

Stent thrombosis is a rare but potentially life threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It develops when a blood clot blocks blood flow through your stent. A coronary ...

This is called jaundice. Jaundice can make you feel unwell. Your doctor may suggest that you have a small tube called a stent put in your bile duct to keep it open. The stent is made of plastic or ...

since attempted passage in standard fashion could lead to ureteral obstruction, predisposing to sepsis and ultimately require instrumentation for stone removal as well as placement of stents to ...

In the case of larger stones, your doctor can give you treatments to break up the stones, install a stent to make the ureter temporarily wider for easier passage, or surgically remove the stones ...

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Needham & Company LLC restated their hold rating on shares of Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX – Free Report) in a report released ...