In a small 2021 study with 327 participants, about 25% of them experienced pain following urinary stent removal. There’s a much greater risk of pain if the stent was left in for less than a week ...

After stent removal, you can take some time to recover from the procedure. If you had an ERCP, you might need a few hours to wake up from the sedative.

Pediatric patients undergoing surgical stent removal report minimal amounts of postsurgical pain CU researcher Kyle Rove, MD, found insignificant difference in pain levels between children who ...

Antibiotic exposure was significantly less in the early vs late stent removal group: 8 vs 21 days, Dr Liu reported. Rates of postoperative UTI (9.3% vs 10.8%) and urine leak (0% vs 0.9%) were ...

The stent expands when the balloon is inflated, locks into place, and forms a permanent scaffold to hold the artery open after the balloon is deflated and removed.

For some high-risk cardiovascular patients with stents, the often-recommended practice of prolonged taking of aspirin might be ineffective, and in some cases, even harmful, a new study found.

For some high-risk cardiovascular patients with stents, the often-recommended practice of prolonged taking of aspirin might be ineffective, and in some cases, even harmful, a new study found.