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Encrustation
• 658 stents
• Mean age 48, no gender difference
• Infrared spectroscopy to look at encrustation
• Mean indwell time 73 +/- 73 days
• The comparison between biomaterials showed that the silicone stents were significantly less encrusted than polyurethane stents
