title: [Use of stents in nephrology].
abstract: Stenting is a modern and progressively developing methods in the treatment of blood vessel stenosis of different localization. Currently it is applied in all medical disciplines. The following article presents general characteristics of stents, methods of their implantation, current therapeutic indications for this procedure and treatment results of renal artery, arterio-venous fistulae and ureteral stenoses.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Nefrologii Szpitala Uniwersyteckiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Frydrych
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aksamit
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sułowicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glazar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dwornik
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009398:Nephrology / Q000379:methods*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000628:therapy