This open access book provides a concise overview of a range of aspects related to urinary stents. Sections within the work cover clinical and recent technological advancements in the field. Chapters feature detailed coverage of the different surgical, pharmacological and palliative treatments currently available. Insight is also given on current limitations of urinary stents and how these can be overcome by utilizing anti-biofilm coatings; new biomaterials, drug-eluting stents, and biodegradable stents. Therefore, enabling the reader to systematically gain a detailed understanding of the subject.
Urinary Stents is a practical, multi-disciplinary focused resource on the complications and applications of ureteral, urethral and prostatic stents in day-to-day clinical practice. A vital read for all medical professionals and researchers who work in this area.
Ch 1: Present and future of urinary stents.- Ch 2: Indications, Complications and side effects of Ureteral stents.- Ch 3: Indications, Complications and side effects of metallic ureteral stents.- Ch 4: Urethral stents. Indications, complications and adverse effects.- Ch 5: Ureteral stents. Impact on patients quality of life..- Ch 6: Strategies to improve the quality of life of stented patients.- Ch 7: Use of drugs to reduce the morbidity of ureteral stents.- Ch 8: Ureteral stent designs to reduce stent-related symptoms and improve patient quality of life.- Ch 9: Encrustation in urinary stents.- Ch 10: Forgotten ureteral stent syndrome.- Ch 11: Endourological management of encrusted ureteral stents.- Ch 12: Pediatric Ureteral Stents.- Ch 13: Flow dynamics in stented ureter.- Ch 14: Methodology for the development and validation of new stent designs: in vitro and in vivo models.- Ch 15: Methodology on clinical evaluation of urinary stents.- Ch 16: A Dynamically Degradable Surface:Can We Fool Bacteria to Delay Biolă.
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