*Purpose: Expanding metal ureteral stent has been proven to be effective in the treatment of ureteral stenosis (US). However, its application in US after kidney transplantation (KT) is rarely reported. Here we described our experience of self-expanding metal ur...
Acute kidney injury occurred in 4 (16%) patients, none of whom was treated with dialysis. Length of hospital stay was 9±5days. All patients survived during a 30-day follow-up period, and none had VC related to the stented site. The use of an ePTFE-covered Nitinol self-expanding ...
Imaging of cancer cells due to nonspecific aggregation of imaging probes in some specific metabolic organs, such as kidney and liver, remains a great difficulty. Previously, An et al. designed a NIR peptide probe, TER-SA (RGDRDDRDDPLGYLGFFC(Cy)), with tumor-specific efflux inhibition (TER)...