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ReviewCurrent urology reports2018

Advances in Ureteral Stent Design and Materials.

Ali Mosayyebi, Costantino Manes, Dario Carugo, Bhaskar K Somani

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Review in Current urology reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06815120 (Two Single Arm, Multicentre Unblinded First-in-human Trials Investigating a Novel Ureteric Stent to Determine the Reduction of Encrustation, Biofilm Deposition and Complications Compared to a Conventional JJ Stent), which is not on this map. Cited by 65 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06815120 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Two Single Arm, Multicentre Unblinded First-in-human Trials Investigating a Novel Ureteric Stent to Determine the Reduction of Encrustation, Biofilm Deposition and Complications Compared to a Conventional JJ Stent

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of SouthamptonRan2025 to 2026Enrolled50ConditionsCatheter Blockage, Oncology, Kidney StoneArmsExperimental ureteric stent with specially shaped side-holes that prevent stagnation points (i.e., areas of low flow that cause particles to settle and E&B), Qualitative interview
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ali MosayyebiBioengineering Science Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. a.mosayyebi@soton.ac.uk.
Costantino ManesDepartment of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.
Dario CarugoBioengineering Science Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Bhaskar K SomaniDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThere are three technological parameters that play a key role on the performance of an ideal stent. These are its material, design and surface coating. This article highlights some fundamental developments that took place in these three areas of stent's technology, in order to contribute to the identification of an ideal stent. RECENT

findingsIn addition to technological developments concerning stent's material, design and surface coating, the flow dynamic performance of stents has recently attracted increasing attention. Notably, it has been postulated that the local flow field in a stent is correlated with the deposition of crystals and microorganisms. These findings could potentially revolutionise future stent's designs, and complement developments made on materials and coatings. The most relevant changes in materials, designs and surface coatings of ureteric stents are reviewed in this article. These are described in the context of a specific cause of stent's failure they aim to address, with a particular focus on encrustation and biofilm formation.

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Equipment DesignStentsBiofilmsHumansProsthesis FailureUreterBiofilmDesignMaterialStent encrustationUreteral stentUTI

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PMID29637309
PMCPMC5893657

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