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
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Subramanian Vaidyanathan; Bakul M. Soni; Peter L. Hughes; Gupreet Singh
- Source
- The Scientific World Journal, Vol 7, Pp 1663-1669 (2007)
- Subject
- Technology
Medicine
Science
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1537-744X
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