Prosthesis used to hold grafts together or to maintain patency of orifices, vessels, or ducts; in dentistry; a prosthetic device used to prevent movement of hard and soft tissues to promote healing and protect from infection.<\/p>\n
A device used to hold tissue in place or provide support.<\/p>\n
A metal device inserted into a blood vessel to keep blood flowing through the vessel.<\/p>\n
A support of artificial material often inserted in a tube or vessel which has been sutured.<\/p>\n
A woven piece of wire, inserted percutaneously through a catheter and used to maintain the lumen of a coronary artery that has been narrowed by atherosclerosis.<\/p>\n
A small, cylindrical tube of wire mesh inserted into a passageway such as a section of diseased artery to hold it open. The stent is put into place with a catheter, a thin tube threaded into a vein and guided to the site of the diseased artery.<\/p>\n
A compound that has been used in dentistry to take impressions of the mouth and teeth. It softens in boiling water and resets on cooling; modified forms soften at lower temperatures. It has now been largely replaced by alginates and silicone rubbers.<\/p>\n
A surgical device used to assist the healing of an operative anastamosis a joining-up of two structures. A splint is left inside the lumen of a duct and this drains the contents.<\/p>\n
Originally a compound used in making dental molds.<\/p>\n
A mesh coil used to open blocked arteries.<\/p>\n
An apparatus crafted from an expandable mesh material, typically metal, is positioned at the location of a constricted artery using a balloon catheter. Once in place, the stent remains fixed, serving the purpose of maintaining the openness of the artery.<\/p>\n
A firm metal or plastic tube is surgically implanted to expand or maintain the openness of a bodily canal that has constricted or shut due to illness. Stents are employed for widening narrowed coronary arteries or alleviating an obstruction caused by a tumor, such as in the bile duct or the pancreas.<\/p>\n
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