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encrustation

(ĕn-krŭs-tā′shŭn)

Obstruction of a body part or of a stent placed in the body with granulation tissue or calcified debris. The term is used in particular to refer to blockage of urethral stents.

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In addition, patients should be advised of the long-term risks of recurrent infections and encrustations. Should encrustations occur, these could be successfully managed with flexible ureteroscopy and Holmium laser lithotripsy as long as there are no kinks in the device.

Management of pyelovesical bypass device stones

CAUTIs can lead to numerous medical complications such as catheter encrustation, bladder stones, septicaemia, endotoxic shock, and pyelonephritis [5].

Review of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections and In Vitro Urinary Tract Models

Encrustation and associated stone burden of the stents were evaluated with non-contrast stone protocol computerised tomography.

Management of Forgotten Ureteral Stents: Relationship Between Indwelling Time and Required Treatment Approaches

There are total of eight patients (Six Males and two Females) who presented with forgotten ureteral stents with severe encrustation. The mean duration of age is 37.3 years (Ranging from 21-60 years).

Forgotten encrusted ureteral stents: endourological management

By contrast, the percentage of calcium carbonate encrustations in dry weight (Figure 6) did not differ significantly between the species.

Seasonality of water chemistry, carbonate production, and biometric features of two species of Chara in a shallow clear water lake

Complications like painful trigone irritation, septicemia, haematuria and stent encrustation was seen in 13.0%, 8.0%, 11.0% and 5.0% patients respectively.

Indications and complications of double J ureteral stenting: our experience

This held no less true of the earliest work in the show, Wally Hedrick's folksy-seditious pre-Johns representation of the American flag with the antiwar message PEACE scrawled across its stripes (Peace, 1953), than of the most recent, Paul McCarthy's Foam Pallet, 2012, a shit-colored, barnacle-like encrustation overtaking its support.

"Painting": the Box

The purpose of this study was to determine if patients with indwelling catheters can be identified as "blockers" or "non-blockers" and to identify factors that contribute to recurrent catheter encrustation and blockage.

Leakage associated with urinary catheter usage: a design challenge

In archaeological studies, microcrystalline encrustations of vivianite have been reported on buried animal remains.

Phosphate mineralization at Nonconnah Creek, Memphis, Tennessee

Data he and colleagues collected on speleothem encrustations, a type of mineral deposit, in coastal caves on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca indicate that sea level was about one meter above present-day levels around 81,000 years ago.

Models of sea level change during ice-age cycles challenged

Honestly speaking, I have never been particularly crazy about using lavish encrustations and golden threads.

Entangled in a world of awls, scissors and golden seams

Other measures include removing salt encrustations and mulching the surface of the soil to reduce evaporation, thereby inhibiting to some extent salts rising to the surface.