Stent vs. Catheter

Stentnoun

A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.

Stentnoun

(archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.

Stentverb

(medicine) To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.

Stentverb

(archaic) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.

Stentverb

(archaic) To stint; to stop; to cease.

Stentverb

To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.

Stentverb

To stint; to stop; to cease.

Stentnoun

An allotted portion; a stint.

Stentnoun

a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis

Stentnoun

a splint placed temporarily inside a duct, canal, or blood vessel to aid healing or relieve an obstruction.

Stentnoun

an impression or cast of a part or body cavity, used to maintain pressure so as to promote healing, especially of a skin graft.

Stentnoun

a substance used in dentistry for taking impressions of the teeth.

Stentnoun

an assessment of property made for purposes of taxation

Stentnoun

the amount or value assessed; a tax

Stentverb

assess and charge (a person or a community) for purposes of taxation

Stent

In medicine, a stent is a metal or plastic tube inserted into the lumen of an anatomic vessel or duct to keep the passageway open, and stenting is the placement of a stent. There is a wide variety of stents used for different purposes, from expandable coronary, vascular and biliary stents, to simple plastic stents used to allow the flow of urine between kidney and bladder.

Catheternoun

(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.

Catheternoun

The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.

Catheternoun

a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

Catheter

In medicine, a catheter is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions. Catheters are medical devices that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure.