stent

[US]/stent/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. stent
adj. dilated

Phrases & Collocations

coronary stent

stent placement

metal stent

drug-eluting stent

expandable stent

Example Sentences

Another possibly effective way to release the blade from the stent strunt is reinflating and deflating the balloon with a slight back-and-forth vibration.

ObjectiveTo observe the effect of urethral stent implantation on detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia caused by neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction.

Objective:To explore the clinical effect and significance of silicone coated metallic esophageal stent to treat postoperative anastomotic fistula due to gastroesophagostomy.

Objective To explore the effect and survival time by setting covered metallic expansible-self stents to treat postradiation esophago-tracheal fistula.

Expandable metal stent placement was the most effective therapy for tracheostenosis induced by nodular goiter.Patients with tracheostomy cannula placement were at high risk of severe infection.

Conclusion: Ni-Ti shape memory alloy stent is convenient and feasible in treating postoperative urethral stricture of hypospadia, and it has higher safety, small wound and definite curative effect.

But Michael Jaff, medical director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Vascular Center in Boston, says “coronary stents have revolutionized patient care.

Real-world Examples

Toby, after we installed the stent, we ran some tests.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

Finally, surgery and stent placement might be needed for larger stones.

Source: Osmosis - Urinary

The acid test, however, was to try out the stents in animals.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

A court statement says she's at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore after having a bile duct stent cleaned out.

Source: PBS English News

Clinton was also hospitalized in 2010 for a routine stent surgery.

Source: Newsweek

Frequently, they also insert a metal or polymer stent that will hold the artery open.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

The team coated their experimental stents by dipping them in a solution of dopamine and a substance called sodium periodate.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

This done, examination with a microscope indicated that the stent was indeed covered in platelet membrane.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

A rigid tube called a stent can be placed in the ureter to expand it.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

On both occasions, however, the membrane-coated stents were clean.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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