Talk:Ureteral stent

Stent flexability
It's not necessarily flexible. Rarely, we use metal stents, particularly for malignant obstruction. I have therefore amended this. Jfbcubed 20:19, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Material moved from Stent
I'm moving the following here from the section at stent on ureteric stents in an effort to streamline that article:


 * Indwelling times of 12 months or longer are indicated to hold open ureters which have been compressed by tumors in the neighbourhood of the ureter or by tumors of the ureter itself. In many cases, these tumors are inoperable and the stents are used to ensure drainage of urine through the ureter. If drainage is compromised for longer periods, the kidney can be damaged. The main complications with ureteral stents are dislocation, infection, and blockage by encrustation. Recently, stents with coatings (e.g., heparin) have been approved to reduce infection, encrustation, and, therefore, the frequency of stent replacement.

BakerStMD T&#124;C 16:43, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 1 December 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Silikonz 💬  12:34, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Ureteric stent → Ureteral stent – Name is used more often on page including all captions and first entry Iztwoz (talk) 09:48, 1 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Support - I agree and ureteral stent is more common per google trends. Kiwiz1338 (talk) 10:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)