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Developments in Ureteral Stent Technology
Ureteral stents have been utilized for decades in maintaining ureteral patency, most commonly after ureteroscopy in the treatment of urolithiasis. Since their initial development, ureteral stents have had many technological advances that have allowed for better patient outcomes with improvements in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8637838/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34869565 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2021.764167 |
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author | Lee, Justin Katz, Matthew Shah, Ojas |
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description | Ureteral stents have been utilized for decades in maintaining ureteral patency, most commonly after ureteroscopy in the treatment of urolithiasis. Since their initial development, ureteral stents have had many technological advances that have allowed for better patient outcomes with improvements in comfort, durability, patency, encrustation resistance, biocompatibility, ease of insertion, migration, and biofilm development. Several new ureteral stents enter the market every year, each with their own touted benefits. It is essential to understand the different advantages for each ureteral stent to provide the best available care to patients when possible. The purpose of this review is to give a brief history of ureteral stent development and summarize the recent developments in ureteral stent designs. We aim to review the data supporting the clinical advantages of the latest ureteral stents available for use by urologists. |
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spelling | pubmed-86378382021-12-03 Developments in Ureteral Stent Technology Lee, Justin Katz, Matthew Shah, Ojas Front Surg Surgery Ureteral stents have been utilized for decades in maintaining ureteral patency, most commonly after ureteroscopy in the treatment of urolithiasis. Since their initial development, ureteral stents have had many technological advances that have allowed for better patient outcomes with improvements in comfort, durability, patency, encrustation resistance, biocompatibility, ease of insertion, migration, and biofilm development. Several new ureteral stents enter the market every year, each with their own touted benefits. It is essential to understand the different advantages for each ureteral stent to provide the best available care to patients when possible. The purpose of this review is to give a brief history of ureteral stent development and summarize the recent developments in ureteral stent designs. We aim to review the data supporting the clinical advantages of the latest ureteral stents available for use by urologists. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8637838/ /pubmed/34869565 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2021.764167 Text en Copyright © 2021 Lee, Katz and Shah. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Surgery Lee, Justin Katz, Matthew Shah, Ojas Developments in Ureteral Stent Technology |
title | Developments in Ureteral Stent Technology |
title_full | Developments in Ureteral Stent Technology |
title_fullStr | Developments in Ureteral Stent Technology |
title_full_unstemmed | Developments in Ureteral Stent Technology |
title_short | Developments in Ureteral Stent Technology |
title_sort | developments in ureteral stent technology |
topic | Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8637838/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34869565 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2021.764167 |
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