The research team led by Dr. Hojeong Jeon and Dr. Hyung-Seop Han of the Biomaterials Research Center at the Korea Institute ...

a more recent concept called Stentrodes – for stent-electrode array – seeks to do away with the need for invasive brain surgery. As the name suggests, this approach uses stents that are ...

Before you leave the hospital, your doctor will give you guidelines for activities, diet, and medications. We will also give you your Stent Implant Card which has important information regarding your ...

Here are some other important preparations as you approach the day of surgery: Medications to avoid before a stent procedure According to Patel, if you are on any kind of anticoagulant or blood ...

KIST expects its surface patterning technology to be applicable not only to metal stents but also to biodegradable ones, in which the patterns can prevent restenosis and enhance endothelialization ...

In conventional cardiovascular surgery involving balloons or stents, the surgeon punctures an artery and delivers a slender, flexible guidewire, which is used to guide the balloon or stent along ...

In this presentation from OSN New York, Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, of Minnesota Eye Consultants, uses surgical footage to demonstrate implantation of the Xen gel stent for the treatment of glaucoma.

A novel stent surface treatment technology using laser patterning can revolutionise surgeries for heart diseases, according ...

Stents are made of tiny ... or if you have blockages in multiple arteries, coronary bypass surgery may be a better fit for you than angioplasty and stenting.

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005;2(8):365-374. Proponents of stents as bridges to surgery recognize the potential quality-of-life benefit in avoiding a temporary or permanent ...

The Excel trial tested whether stents were as effective as open heart surgery at treating patients with a heart problem called left main disease. The data suggested more people fitted with stents ...