Advances in Ureteral Stent Design and Materials

Novel Insights into the Proteus mirabilis Crystalline Biofilm Using Real-Time Imaging

(2015) Sandra A. Wilks et al.   PLoS One

Investigating the Flow Dynamics in the Obstructed and Stented Ureter by Means of a Biomimetic Artificial Model

(2014) Francesco Clavica et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of a biodegradable ureteral stent versus the traditional double-J stent for the treatment of ureteral injury: an experimental study

(2012) Wei-Jun Fu et al.   Biomedical Materials

An In Vivo Evaluation of a Novel Spiral Cut Flexible Ureteral Stent

(2012) Phillip Mucksavage et al.   UROLOGY

Efficacy of Tigecycline and Rifampin Alone and in Combination against Enterococcus faecalis Biofilm Infection in a Rat Model of Ureteral Stent

(2011) Daniele Minardi et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Predictors of morbidity in patients with indwelling ureteric stents: results of a prospective study using the validated Ureteric Stent Symptoms Questionnaire

(2010) Gianluca Giannarini et al.   BJU INTERNATIONAL

Penetration of antibiotics through Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

(2010) R. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

A Novel Thermo-Expandable Ureteral Metal Stent for the Minimally Invasive Management of Ureteral Strictures

(2010) Athanasios G. Papatsoris et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY

Polymers as Ureteral Stents

(2010) Nandakumar Venkatesan et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY

New Ureteral Stent Design Does Not Improve Patient Quality of Life: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

(2010) Kim Davenport et al.   JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

Ureteral Obstruction: Is the Full Metallic Double-Pigtail Stent the Way to Go?

(2009) Evangelos Liatsikos et al.   EUROPEAN UROLOGY

Next Generation Biodegradable Ureteral Stent in a Yucatan Pig Model

(2009) Ben H. Chew et al.   JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

Comparison of a New Polytetrafluoroethylene-Covered Metallic Stent to a Noncovered Stent in Canine Ureters

(2008) Hwan-Hoon Chung et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Impact of biofilm on the in vitro activity of vancomycin alone and in combination with tigecycline and rifampicin against Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) W. E. Rose et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Anti-biofilm properties of chitosan-coated surfaces

(2008) Ross P. Carlson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION

Heparin Coating on Ureteral Double J Stents Prevents Encrustations: An in Vivo Case Study

(2008) Furio Cauda et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY

Analysis of Ureteral Stent Compression Force and its Role in Malignant Obstruction

(2008) Matthew S. Christman et al.   JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

Flow dynamics in a stented ureter

(2008) J. H. Siggers et al.   MATHEMATICAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF THE IMA

Ureteric stents: Investigating flow and encrustation

(2008) S L Waters et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART H-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE