Possible Role of Large Fluid Intake in Delaying Formation of Encrustations and, thereby, Prolonging Working Life of Memokath Stent for Nearly 14 Years in a Spinal Cord Injury Patient
The Memokath stent has been used in spinal cord injury patients as a reversible alternative to external urethral sphincterotomy, but the stent has a finite lifetime of <2 years before failure in the majority of patients. We report an unusual case of a spinal cord injury patient in whom memokath s...
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Main Authors: | Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M. Soni, Peter L. Hughes, Gupreet Singh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2007-01-01
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Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.280 |
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