In a trial, three-quarters of patients in the fast-track group had ureteral dilation with short-term preoperative stenting. Investigators compared the outcomes of preoperative stenting for 2-3 ...

The risk of occlusion within 6 months was a significant 5.6-fold higher for ureters receiving double-J stents rather than silicone-coated metallic stents, Jae Hoon Chung, MD, PhD, of Samsung ...

Firstly, consideration should be given to whether placement of a stent is necessary after a procedure, as evidence suggests that many patients benefit from remaining unstented after uncomplicated ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;27(7):1181-1186. Before stent insertion, stenosis was evaluated using computed tomography, endoscopy, and fluoroscopy. With the patient under sedation, the DBE probe ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 75-year-old wife had two third generation medicine-eluting stents inserted into a branch of the left anterior coronary artery in January 2020. On 75 mg of clopidogrel and 81 mg ...

any type of ureteric obstruction, and they cannot have or do not want a double‑J stent, or when repeat procedures are particularly high risk. 1.2 Data should be collected prospectively on ureteric ...

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J&J is now saying sayonara to the stent biz. Its Cordis unit will stop making the Cypher and Cypher Select drug-coated stents by year's end in a move that will slash as many as 1,000 jobs and ...