dialysis patient Patients with vs without chronic kidney disease were found to have more comorbidities and complex lesions after receiving new-generation drug-eluting stents. Patients with vs without ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a Boston Scientific Corp. stent for use in patients with renal artery disease. The Natick company’s Express SD Renal Monorail Premounted Stent System ...

The RELIEF ureteral stent has achieved FDA clearance as the first and only stent to have approval for the prevention of vesicoureteral reflux, a major cause of patient discomfort. RELIEF's unique ...

Kidney and heart patients are expected to get some relief as the government is going to withdraw some taxes on equipment for ...

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To avoid major complications like stenosis or leakage following kidney transplantation, some surgeons elect to place a ureteral stent across the site of anastomosis of the donor ureter to the ...

A Southern Trust patient was left with permanent kidney damage after a stent that should have been removed after 30 days was left in his body for 18 months, an Ombudsman’s investigation has found. The ...

Using stents to open up kidney arteries is commonly done in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease, but the procedure provides no benefit, according to a paper being presented at the ...

The upcoming national budget is likely to include tax reductions on cardiac stents, dialysis equipment and pharmaceutical raw materials in a bid to lower healthcare costs, alongside higher duties on ...

Carla Miller sued Vanderbilt in March alleging it mixed up her kidneys during surgery. Vanderbilt doctors admitted to the wrong-site surgery during depositions. The doctors also confirmed they are ...