1. Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages 276-280 (September 2002)
Externally Coated Ureteral Metallic Stents: An Unfavorable Clinical Experience 
George A Barbalias, Evangelos N Liatsikos, Christina Kalogeropoulou, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Petros Zabakis, Anastasios Athanasopoulos, Petros Perimenis, Dimitrios Siablis 
European Urology 
Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages (September 2002)
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2. Fig. 1
Excretory urography showing the right ureter down to the strictured area (black arrow) (a). Right ureter during stent delivery: the guide wire and the introducer sheath are clearly seen (b). The insertion of the prosthesis has been concluded and the radiopaque stent is clearly seen within the ureter (c). In addition, excretory urography showing patency of the stent and the characteristic trumpet-like configuration near its proximal end (black arrows) (d).
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3. Fig. 2
The PASSAGER™ MIBS™ stent (Meadox, Boston Scientific Corporation, Oakland, NJ, USA) comes preloaded in a delivery cartridge which mates to the rear hub of the introducer sheath (a). The stent is inserted over a 0.035in. guide wire through the PASSAGER™ introducer system under fluoroscopic control to the lesion site. The device is deployed by retracting the introducer sheath while holding the stent stationary with the pusher (b). Upon exposure to blood temperature, the stent will self-expand to its preset diameter (c).
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