Advanced healthcare materials
A Novel Smart Tailorable Degradable Ureteral Stent with Dynamically Reconfigurable Hydrogel Network for Urologic Surgery.
Ruixi Feng, Huan Peng, Xin Yang, Linjie Li, Shu Yang, Wenze Lv, Ge Wang, Zhi Wang, Guixue Wang, Mei Yang, Guangchao Zang, Fei Gao
Published: 202610.1002/adhm.202504417
Abstract
Every year, millions of ureteroscopy patients must return for a second procedure to remove the ureteral stent, doubling both costs and infection risk. Biodegradable stents offer a promising solution by eliminating this second procedure, but achieving…
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