The RELIEF ureteral stent, the brainchild of Dr. Lee Ponksy, chairman of UH’s Urology Institute, has been cleared by the U.S.

Stents are often placed during a heart attack ... and to hold metformin for a couple of days to prevent kidney injury. Overall, you should talk with your doctor about any medications and ...

After receiving a stent, it is normal to feel tired or a bit ... Your risk is increased if you have kidney issues, are on dialysis to treat failing kidneys, have diabetes, have had a prior stroke ...

Surgery on the right kidney took place on Dec. 1. This time, doctors told her they couldn’t see the stones, but it was nothing to worry about, she recalled. Mullins left with ureteral stent ...

The catheterization lab has an interventional tool that uses ultrasound shockwaves to strike coronary artery calcium.

Procedures such as endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), renal angioplasty, iliac angioplasty, kidney stent placement, therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) and bile duct ...