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Stents are typically placed to prevent or relieve ureteral obstruction caused by intrinsic or extrinsic etiologies. Stent design and biomaterials have improved in recent years from the first described double-J stent in 1978. The indications for placement of a ureteral stent include obstructing ureteral calculi, ureteral strictures, congenital anomalies such as ureteropelvic junction obstruction, retroperitoneal...
New surgical teaching methods are continuously being developed to overcome the learning curves of new advanced surgical procedures. The learning curve is recognized in most minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery. The development of complex skills-training models and simulators, although in its infancy, has started to facilitate the transfer of these skills to novice surgeons without increasing...
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