Nitinol is a nearly equiatomic metal alloy of nickel and titanium with unique properties, including superelasticity (also called pseudoelasticity) and shape memory ...

Purpose: Congenital epiphora can be related to anomalies of the nasolacrimal duct. This study aimed to assess the distal end of the nasolacrimal duct and the outcomes of endoscopic treatment in ...

4 Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands Correspondence to Professor Dr J W Jukema, Department of Cardiology C5-P, Leiden ...

Almost all infants with a “membranous” CNLDO can experience spontaneous resolution of the condition during the first few months of life with proper hydrostatic massage. However, a small proportion of ...

A ureteral stent is a flexible plastic tube for insertion into the ureter to treat or prevent blockages that impede urine flow from the kidney to the bladder, such as kidney stones. Once the ...

Once inflated, an expandable mesh tube (called a stent) can be inserted to keep the vessel open. Because balloon angioplasty is used to correct severely impaired blood flow, the benefits of treatment ...

Practical Treatment of Lacrimal Symptoms in the Presence of Patent Drainage It will be evident that, rather than FNLDO being a single entity, it is actually a period within the natural history of ...

When it reaches the narrowed part of your carotid, the balloon is inflated. This opens up the narrowed area. This is called angioplasty. A tiny mesh tube (stent) may be put into this area. It's left ...

Background The patency of intracranial stents may not be reliably assessed with either CT angiography or MR angiography due to imaging artifacts. We investigated the potential of ultra-high resolution ...

ANGELA STENT is Professor Emerita at Georgetown University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 2004 to 2006, she served as National Intelligence Officer for Russia and ...

Background Endovascular treatment for vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms (VADAs) includes overlapping stents and flow diverters. This study compared the safety and effectiveness of overlapping ...