Ureteral stents are widely used to relieve obstruction and protect kidney function, but they can also become blocked, triggering hydronephrosis and prolonged elevation of intrarenal pressure that may ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a Boston Scientific Corp. stent for use in patients with renal artery disease. The Natick company’s Express SD Renal Monorail Premounted Stent System ...

When a ureteral stent fails, pressure can quietly build inside the kidney long before clinical symptoms. A new device called UroSleeve aims to enable earlier detection by turning a standard stent into ...

The RELIEF ureteral stent has achieved FDA clearance as the first and only stent to have approval for the prevention of vesicoureteral reflux, a major cause of patient discomfort. RELIEF's unique ...

CLEVELAND -- A new urinary stent invented by Lee Ponsky, MD, Chair of the Department of Urology and the Leo & Charlotte Goldberg Chair in Advanced Surgical Therapies at University Hospitals (UH) in ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...