Open Access10-Year Experience with Reinforced Ureteral Stents for Malignant Ureteral Obstruction
Author(s) -
B Vogt,
Laure-Hélène Blanchet
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research and reports in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.506
H-Index - 20
ISSN - 2253-2447
DOI - 10.2147/rru.s326274
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , surgery
Malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO) hinders the management of malignant diseases. Indwelling stent is a common method to release renal obstruction, but stent failure with obstruction is frequent. The studies conclude that stent obstruction divides survival by 2 or even 4. We carried out the present study in order to evaluate drainage efficiency and overall survival by using stents with distinctive degrees of stiffness.