Urinary Stents Current State and Future Perspectives

This open access book provides a concise overview of a range of aspects related to urinary stents. Sections within the work cover clinical and recent technological advancements in the field. Chapters feature detailed coverage of the different surgical, pharmacological and palliative treatments curre...

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Other Authors: Soria, Federico (Editor), Rako, Duje (Editor), de Graaf, Petra (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Ch 16: A Dynamically Degradable Surface: Can We ‘Fool’ Bacteria to Delay Biofouling in Urinary Stents? -- Ch 17: Biomaterials for ureteral stents: advances and future perspectives -- Ch 18: Coatings for urinary stents:current state and future directions -- Ch 19: Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation: hydrodynamics effects -- Ch 20: Biomaterial-associated infection: pathogenesis and prevention -- Ch 21: Antibiotic-free solutions for the development of biofilm prevention coatings -- Ch 22: Plasma Based Approaches for Deposition And Grafting Of Antimicrobial Agents To Polymer Surfaces -- Ch 23: Antimicrobial biosurfactants towards the inhibition of biofilm formation -- Ch 24: Novel antimicrobial strategies to combat biomaterial infections -- Ch 25: Light-activated polymer nanocomposites doped with a new type of carbon quantum dots for antibacterial applications -- Ch 26: Nanoparticles. Potential for use to prevent infections --  
505 0 |a Ch 1: Present and future of urinary stents -- Ch 2: Indications, Complications and side effects of Ureteral stents -- Ch 3: Indications, Complications and side effects of metallic ureteral stents -- Ch 4: Urethral stents. Indications, complications and adverse effects -- Ch 5: Ureteral stents. Impact on patient’s quality of life. -- Ch 6: Strategies to improve the quality of life of stented patients -- Ch 7: Use of drugs to reduce the morbidity of ureteral stents -- Ch 8: Ureteral stent designs to reduce stent-related symptoms and improve patient quality of life -- Ch 9: Encrustation in urinary stents -- Ch 10: Forgotten ureteral stent syndrome -- Ch 11: Endourological management of encrusted ureteral stents -- Ch 12: Pediatric Ureteral Stents -- Ch 13: Flow dynamics in stented ureter -- Ch 14: Methodology for the development and validation of new stent designs: in vitro and in vivo models -- Ch 15: Methodology on clinical evaluation of urinary stents --  
505 0 |a Ch 27: Urinary tract infections and encrustation in urinary stents -- Ch 28: Learning from our mistakes:Applying Vascular Stent Technologies to the Urinary Tract -- Ch 29: Biodegradable urinary stents -- Ch 30: New double-J stent design for preventing/reducing irritative bladder symptoms & flank pain -- Ch 31: Drug eluting devices in the urinary tract -- Ch 32: Methods and Materials for drug eluting urinary stents design and fabrication -- Ch 33: Preventing biofilm formation and encrustation on urinary implants: (bio)coatings and tissue engineering -- Ch 34: Preventing biofilm formation and encrustation on urinary implants: (bio)molecular and physical research approaches -- Ch 35: Ten steps to strategic planning for the urinary stents of the future 
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520 |a This open access book provides a concise overview of a range of aspects related to urinary stents. Sections within the work cover clinical and recent technological advancements in the field. Chapters feature detailed coverage of the different surgical, pharmacological and palliative treatments currently available. Insight is also given on current limitations of urinary stents and how these can be overcome by utilizing anti-biofilm coatings; new biomaterials, drug-eluting stents, and biodegradable stents. Therefore, enabling the reader to systematically gain a detailed understanding of the subject. Urinary Stents is a practical, multi-disciplinary focused resource on the complications and applications of ureteral, urethral and prostatic stents in day-to-day clinical practice. A vital read for all medical professionals and researchers who work in this area