Assessing the Impact of Ureteral Stent Design （评估输尿管支架设计的影响）.pdfVIP

Trauma/Reconstruction/Diversion Assessing the Impact of Ureteral Stent Design on Patient Comfort James E. Lingeman,*,† Glenn M. Preminger, Evan R. Goldfischer‡ and Amy E. Krambeck (The Comfort Study Team) From the Methodist Hospital Institute for Kidney Stone Disease (JEL, AEK), Indianapolis, Indiana, Division of Urology, Duke University (GMP), Durham, North Carolina, and Hudson Valley Urology Center (ERG), Poughkeepsie, New York Purpose: We assessed the near term comfort of newly designed ureteral study Abbreviations stents or marketed control stents, including Polaris™ and Percuflex® stents. and Acronyms Study stents had distal 6Fr pigtail ends with 3Fr or less loops. Decreased AE adverse event material in situ was hypothesized to enhance comfort. Usefulness of the patient LLT long loop tail self-administered Ureteral Stent Symptoms Questionnaire (Stone Management Unit, Southmead Hospital, United Kingdom) was assessed. PC Polaris stent Materials and Methods: This 4-arm multicenter study enrolled adults requiring PPC Percuflex Plus stent retrograde unilateral ureteral stent placement for 4 to 28 days. Ureteral Stent SLT short loop tail Symptoms Questionnaire administration was done before placement (baseline), USSQ Ureteric Stent Symptoms on day 4 after placement and on day 30 after removal. A total of 236 patients were Questionnaire randomized in a 1:1:1:1 ratio to the short loop tail stent (60), the long loop tail VAS visual analog scale stent (59), the Percuflex Plus stent (64) and the Polaris stent (53). Results: Overal