Have you heard of ureteral stents? They are devices used in urological surgery. PubMed Central (Central European Journal of Urology) notes that its main objective is to allow passage of urine and ...

To avoid major complications like stenosis or leakage following kidney transplantation, some surgeons elect to place a ureteral stent across the site of anastomosis of the donor ureter to the ...

A Southern Trust patient was left with permanent kidney damage after a stent that should have been removed after 30 days was left in his body for 18 months, an Ombudsman’s investigation has found. The ...

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dialysis patient Patients with vs without chronic kidney disease were found to have more comorbidities and complex lesions after receiving new-generation drug-eluting stents. Patients with vs without ...

After becoming lodged in her ureter, the painful mineral deposit caused the Belmont mother’s kidney to burst, resulting in emergency surgery to insert a stent and repair the damage. Not only was the ...

Using stents to open up kidney arteries is commonly done in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease, but the procedure provides no benefit, according to a paper being presented at the ...

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Carla Miller sued Vanderbilt in March alleging it mixed up her kidneys during surgery. Vanderbilt doctors admitted to the wrong-site surgery during depositions. The doctors also confirmed they are ...