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ArticleBioengineering & translational medicine2023

Fluid mechanical performance of ureteral stents: The role of side hole and lumen size.

Shaokai Zheng, Dominik Obrist, Fiona Burkhard, Francesco Clavica

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Article in Bioengineering & translational medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shaokai ZhengARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Faculty of Medicine University of Bern Bern Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3688-0719
Dominik ObristARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Faculty of Medicine University of Bern Bern Switzerland.
Fiona BurkhardDepartment of Urology Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern Bern Switzerland.
Francesco ClavicaARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Faculty of Medicine University of Bern Bern Switzerland.
University of Bern · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ureteral stents are indispensable devices in urological practice to maintain and reinstate the drainage of urine in the upper urinary tract. Most ureteral stents feature openings in the stent wall, referred to as side holes (SHs), which are designed to facilitate urine flux in and out of the stent lumen. However, systematic discussions on the role of SH and stent lumen size in regulating flux and shear stress levels are still lacking. In this study, we leveraged both experimental and numerical methods, using microscopic-Particle Image Velocimetry and Computational Fluid Dynamic models, respectively, to explore the influence of varying SH and lumen diameters. Our results showed that by reducing the SH diameter from

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calibrationencrustationmicro‐PIVmodelingparticle image velocimetryshear stressureterureteral stent

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PMCPMC10013766
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