0 the process of putting a stent (= a long thin tube) into a body structure such as a blood vessel: --
The patient had very serious complaints, but they disappeared after uneventful stenting.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate balloondilation and stenting in relieving stenoses and improve arterial saturation.
Stenting of the pulmonary veins in this condition does not alter the natural history.
The contralateral pulmonary arteries and the aorta 2-3 cm distal from the site of stenting were excised for comparison as controls.
This happened only recently in the case of coronary stenting.
Stenting of the arterial duct: a new approach to palliation for pulmonary atresia.
Options include stenting or surgery with or without pre-operative chemo- or radiotherapy.
In the past, ureteral stenting has been used more frequently.