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Acta Biomater
April 2024
Center for Biomaterials, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Division of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:
Endoscopic biliary stent insertion has been widely used for the treatment of benign biliary stricture (BBS). Thus, the development of stent materials in the perspectives of structure, mechanical properties, and biocompatibility has been also studied. However, conventional metal and plastic stents have several disadvantages, such as repeated procedures to remove or exchange them, dislodgment, restenosis, biocompatibility, and poor mechanical properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFColloids Surf B Biointerfaces
November 2022
Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Medicine for Surgical Oncology in Gansu province, Gansu Provincial Hospital, 730000 Lanzhou, PR China; The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, PR China. Electronic address:
Cholestasis of the indwelling biliary stents usually leads to stone recurrence after endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatoraphy (ERCP). Biliary stents, including metallic and none-degradable plastic stents are widely used in clinical settings due to their many excellent properties. However, conventional biliary stents still suffer from poor antibacterial activity and anti-bile-adhesion, which lead to injured, local fibroblasts proliferating.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Thorac Dis
May 2022
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Int J Mol Sci
May 2021
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 613016, Taiwan.
In this study, we investigated the effect of mTOR inhibitor (mTORi) drug-eluting biodegradable stent (DE stent), a putative restenosis-inhibiting device for coronary artery, on thermal-injury-related ureteral stricture in rabbits. In vitro evaluation confirmed the dose-dependent effect of mTORi, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRespirology
September 2020
Thoracic Oncology, Pleural Disease and Interventional Pulmonology Department, North University Hospital, Marseille, France.
AS offers rapid and sustained relief of symptoms in most patients treated for malignant or benign CAO and can also be curative in itself in cases of benign tracheobronchial stenosis. In the past 30 years, this field has seen significant progress, from the misuse of vascular non-covered metallic stents to the development of silicone airway stents with an increasingly large panel of shapes and of hybrid, partially or fully covered, SEMS customized to the airways. This study aims to offer an overview on: (i) the respective advantages and drawbacks of these two main categories of devices; (ii) the main indications for AS and the rationale behind the choice of stent in each situation; and (iii) the main promises borne from the progress made in the field in the past few years, including the development of drug-eluting, biodegradable or patient-specific customized AS.
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