Analysis of Urine Flow in Three Different Ureter Models
- Authors
- Kim, Kyung-Wuk; Choi, Young Ho; Lee, Seung Bae; Baba, Yasutaka; Kim, Hyoung-Ho; Suh, Sang-Ho
- Issue Date
- Jun-2017
- Publisher
- HINDAWI LTD
- Citation
- COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE
- Journal Title
- COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/7401
- DOI
- 10.1155/2017/5172641
- ISSN
- 1748-670X
- Abstract
- The ureter provides a way for urine to flow from the kidney to the bladder. Peristalsis in the ureter partially forces the urine flow, along with hydrostatic pressure. Ureteral diseases and a double J stent, which is commonly inserted in a ureteral stenosis or occlusion, disturb normal peristalsis. Ineffective or no peristalsis could make the contour of the ureter a tube, a funnel, or a combination of the two. In this study, we investigated urine flow in the abnormal situation. We made three different, curved tubular, funnel-shaped, and undulated ureter models that were based on human anatomy. A numerical analysis of the urine flow rate and pattern in the ureter was performed for a combination of the three different ureters, with and without a ureteral stenosis and with four different types of double J stents. The three ureters showed a difference in urine flow rate and pattern. Luminal flow rate was affected by ureter shape. The side holes of a double J stent played a different role in detour, which depended on ureter geometry.
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