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Design and materials for ureteral stents: past, present and future
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/urology.2020.1.85-92
A.G. Martov, S.V. Popov, V.M. Obidnyak, N.K. Gadjiev, R.G. Guseynov, D.S. Gorelov, G.N. Akopyan, Z.K. Gadzhieva, N.Yu. Spiridonov, S.B. Petrov
1 Department of Urology and Andrology IPPO FMBC them. A.I. Burnazyana FMBA of Russia; 2 Department of Urology and Andrology, Medical Research Center, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; 3 GBUZ «GKB named after DD Pletnev DZM», Moscow, Russian; 4 St. Petersburg Clinical Hospital named after St Luka, St-Petersburg, Russia; 5 endourology department of Pavlov State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; 6 Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian; 7 medical clinic «MedClub», Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Ureteral stents have a long history of use. Their main goal is to provide effective drainage of the upper urinary tract. Morbidity is mostly related to low biocompatibility of materials, from which stents are made. Since stent introduction, there have been many stages of evolution and modernization. However, there is a significant problem associated with their widespread use. Despite technological progress, stent-associated symptoms, incrustation, bacterial infection are the problems that still have to be resolved while creating an “ideal” stent. The continued development of new materials and coatings also will lead to the improvement of such an indispensable urological device as the ureteral stent.
About the Autors
Crresponding author: V.M. Obidnyak – urologist at the Department of Urology N0 2 (extracorporeal lithotripsy and endovideosurgery) of Scientific and Research Institute for Surgery and Emergency Medicine of Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia; e-mail: v.obidniak@gmail.com
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