Discolored Ureteral Stents: Findings in Urinalysis and Urine Culture

Discolored Ureteral Stents: Findings in Urinalysis and Urine Culture

OBJECTIVE Discolored ureteral stents are sometimes encountered in daily clinical practice; however, the mechanism(s) underlying the development of discolored ureteral stents remain unknown. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the characteristics of discolored ureteral stents based on the results of a urinalysis and urine culture. MATERIALS & METHODS We identified a total of 26 patients...

Advances in ureteral stents

Ureteral stents are commonly used in urology. Every urologist is familiar with the problems that are associated with stents including infection, encrustation, and bothersome symptoms. These problems limit and affect the use of ureteral stents which are necessary, even in light of the problems they can cause. New designs such as a helically cut ureteral stent which is designed to stretch and con...

Urine Reagent Strips for Urinalysis

This Package Insert to be used with the following products: • URS-1B • URS-1G • URS-1P • URS-1K • URS-2K • URS-2P •URS-2LP • URS-3 • URS-4B • URS-4S • URS-5K • URS-5U • URS-6 • URS-6L • URS-7 • URS-8 • URS-9 • URS-10 • URS-11 For the semi-quantitative and qualitative detection of Glucose, Bilirubin, Ketone, Specific Gravity, Blood, pH, Protein, Urobilinogen, Nitrite, Leukocytes and Ascorbic Aci...

missed ureteral stents and related problems

Stents for malignant ureteral obstruction

Malignant ureteral obstruction can result in renal dysfunction or urosepsis and can limit the physician's ability to treat the underlying cancer. There are multiple methods to deal with ureteral obstruction including regular polymeric double J stents (DJS), tandem DJS, nephrostomy tubes, and then more specialized products such as solid metal stents (e.g., Resonance Stent, Cook Medical) and poly...