Some people develop stent thrombosis within 24 hours of their procedure, while others may develop it a month or months later. The main treatments for stent thrombosis are procedures to remove the ...
and low water intake raised the risk for double-J stent encrustation after urinary surgery. Higher BMI, preoperative urinary white blood cell abnormalities, prolonged stent placement, and insufficient ...
No IVUS was performed before stent placement in either group. In the angiography-directed (AG) arm, procedural success was defined as <10% stent diameter stenosis compared with the distal ...
Another disadvantage to plastic stent placement is the technical difficulty in placing more than one 10F stent at the initial setting. At the initial ERCP, placement of only a 7F or 8.5F stent is ...