Trial reportScientific reports2021
A randomized clinical trial evaluating the short-term results of ureteral stent encrustation in urolithiasis patients undergoing ureteroscopy: micro-computed tomography evaluation.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ureteral stent biomaterial encrustation after endoscopic lithotripsy: a randomized, single-blind study.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Lubricious anti-adhesive interface prevents friction, biofilm, and encrustation in long-term indwelling ureteral stents.Materials today. Bio · 2026Article
- From biofilms to fibrosis: recent advances in research on the pathological microenvironment linked to ureteral stents and their surface functionalization.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Kidney, ureter, and urinary bladder segmentation based on non-contrast enhanced computed tomography images using modified U-Net.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Establishment of an artificial urine model in vitro and rat or pig model in vivo to evaluate urinary crystal adherence.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The interplay between bacterial biofilms, encrustation, and wall shear stress in ureteral stents: a review across scales.Frontiers in urology · 2023Review
- Identifying ureteral stent encrustation using machine learning based on CT radiomics features: a bicentric study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- New insights into the prevention of ureteral stents encrustation.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2023Review
- A Patient with Fragmentation of a Calcified Ureteric Stent Requiring Ureteroscopy and Laser Lithotripsy.The American journal of case reports · 2022Article
- Silicone vs. Polyurethane Stent: The Final Countdown.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- AnFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Imaging and Chemical Analysis of External and Internal Ureteral Stent Encrustation.Research and reports in urology · 2022Article
- Struvite ureterolithiasis associated with ureolytic bacterial pyelonephritis in a cat.JFMS open reportsArticle
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Abstract
Although many ureteral stents are commercially available, the actuality of encrustation is yet to be elucidated in humans. This study compared the Tria Ureteral Stent with PercuShield and the Polaris Ultra Ureteral Stent with HydroPlus Coating for short-term encrustation formation. Eighty-four patients, who required ureteral stent placement after ureteroscopy, were randomized into two stent groups. After stent removal on postoperative day 14, the encrustation volume on the stent surface was measured by micro-computed tomography. The primary outcome was the inner luminal encrustation volume. Secondary outcomes were encrustation volume on the outer or total surfaces and occurrence of adverse events. Clinical factors related to encrustation were also assessed as a post-hoc analysis. Finally, of the 82 patients analyzed, 75 (91.5%) had encrustation in the inner lumen of the stent. The difference in median inner encrustation volume between the Tria and Polaris Ultra stents was comparable (0.56 vs. 0.37 mm
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