ureteral stent

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Ureteral stent

A surgical device implanted in patients with damaged ureters that holds the ureter open so that urine can flow freely from the kidneys to the bladder.

Mentioned in: Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder X-Ray Study

ureteral stent,

a stent inserted into the ureter to maintain patency in stenosis or in healing after trauma or surgery.

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Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder X-Ray Study pigtail stent Ureteral Stenting			Other products in development by Valera include a biodegradable ureteral stent for post-kidney stone lithotripsy and an octreotide implant for the treatment of acromegaly. Indevus to acquire Valera by BIOTECH Patent News Ureteral stent placement or balloon dilatation is helpful to relieve obstruction, (11,12) but ureteral revision may be required. Complications of abdominal transplantation at CT and MRI by Yeh, Benjamin M.; Coakley, Fergus V. / Applied Radiology He underwent bilateral ureteral stent placement after which his renal failure dramatically improved. A primary case presentation of nephrolithiasis from enteric ... by Cykert, Samuel / Southern Medical Journal			uremic breath uremic coma uremic convulsion Uremic Frost uremic gingivitis uremic heart disease Uremic poisoning uremic syndrome uremigenic ureogenesis ureotelic uresiesthesia uresis ureter ureter(o)- ureter- ureteral ureteral bud ureteral duplication ureteral dysfunction ureteral jet ureteral meatus ureteral obstruction ureteral orifice ureteral reimplantation ureteral stent Ureteral Stenting ureteral vesical reflux ureteralgia uretercystoscope ureterectasia ureterectasis ureterectomy ureteric bud ureteritis uretero- ureteroarterial fistula ureterocele ureterocelectomy ureterocelorraphy ureterocolonic anastomosis ureterocolostomy ureterocystoscope ureterocystostomy ureterodialysis ureteroectasis ureteroenterostomy ureterography ureteroheminephrectomy ureterohydronephrosis ureteroileoneocystostomy			ureteral calculus ureteral catheter ureteral catheter ureteral catheter ureteral catheter Ureteral diseases Ureteral diseases Ureteral diseases Ureteral diseases ureteral distention ureteral duplication ureteral dysfunction ureteral ectopia ureteral hypoplasia ureteral jet ureteral meatus ureteral meatus ureteral meatus ureteral obstruction Ureteral orifice Ureteral orifice Ureteral orifice ureteral reflux ureteral reimplantation ureteral rupture ureteral stasis Ureteral stenosis Ureteral stenosis Ureteral stenosis Ureteral stenosis ureteral stent Ureteral Stenting ureteral valve ureteral valve ureteral valve ureteral valve ureteral valves ureteral vesical reflux ureteralgia uretercystoscope ureterectasia ureterectasis ureterectomy ureteric ureteric ureteric ureteric Ureteric bud Ureteric bud Ureteric bud Ureteric bud Ureteric bud Ureteric bud Ureteric Jet Index Ureteric orifice Ureteric orifice Ureteric orifice Ureteric orifice ureteritis ureteritis uretero-

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