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- The ureter allows urine to travel from the kidneys to the bladder, with flow aided by peristalsis and hydrostatic pressure.
- Ureteral diseases and the use of double J stents can disrupt normal urine flow, leading to various shapes of the ureter, like a tube or funnel.
- This study created models of differently shaped ureters to analyze how their shapes and the presence of stents affect urine flow rates and patterns.
Article Abstract
The ureter provides a way for urine to flow from the kidney to the bladder. Peristalsis in the ureter partially forces the urine flow, along with hydrostatic pressure. Ureteral diseases and a double J stent, which is commonly inserted in a ureteral stenosis or occlusion, disturb normal peristalsis. Ineffective or no peristalsis could make the contour of the ureter a tube, a funnel, or a combination of the two. In this study, we investigated urine flow in the abnormal situation. We made three different, curved tubular, funnel-shaped, and undulated ureter models that were based on human anatomy. A numerical analysis of the urine flow rate and pattern in the ureter was performed for a combination of the three different ureters, with and without a ureteral stenosis and with four different types of double J stents. The three ureters showed a difference in urine flow rate and pattern. Luminal flow rate was affected by ureter shape. The side holes of a double J stent played a different role in detour, which depended on ureter geometry.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5474281 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5172641 | DOI Listing |
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