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Encrustation of Intraprostatic Stents–a Comparative Study
Author(s) -
HOLMES S. A. V.,
MILLER P. D.,
CROCKER P. R.,
KIRBY R. S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1992.tb15564.x
Subject(s) - resist , stent , complication , medicine , surgery , materials science , nanotechnology , layer (electronics)
Summary— Metallic stents have been used in the management of prostatic disease in patients unfit for surgery. A variety of stents have become available but the optimum design and metal of construction has not yet been defined. This study examined one of the potential complications of stent insertion by demonstrating that they are susceptible to encrustation. Using an in vitro model it compares the ability of the different materials used in their construction to resist this encrustation. Titanium appears less able to resist deposition than the other metals examined. The long‐term complication of encrustation may inhibit the use of some of these stents.