Ureteral stents are widely used to relieve obstruction and protect kidney function, but they can also become blocked, ...

When a ureteral stent fails, pressure can quietly build inside the kidney long before clinical symptoms. A new device called ...

Can Ureteral Stents Help Pass Kidney Stones? As per the Cleveland Clinic, ureteral stents open the ureter, which can help urine pass easily from the kidney to the bladder. Their report mentions that ...

This technology reduces complications and pain for our patients and is a real step forward for patient centered care.” — Professor Sascha Pahernik MD BAIERSDORF, BAVARIA, GERMANY, March 25, 2026 ...

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 ...

The patency rate at 6 months was higher for the silicone-coated metallic stent vs double-J stent. A silicone-covered metallic stent maintains patency better than a double-J stent in patients with ...

TCT 375: Optimizing Treatment for MEDINA 0.0.1 Bifurcation Lesions: A Comparative Evaluation of Drug-Coated Balloons and Drug-Eluting Stents Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations ...

DALLAS (AP) - New research raises serious questions about a very common medical procedure - placing a stent to prop open a narrowed kidney artery. A study found that people treated with these stents ...

Covering stents with hairlike structures called cilia may help keep the implanted medical tubes clean, preventing infection, researchers report April 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

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 ...