Application Process. Apply for your visa via China's embassy and consulate service in the United States. The Chinese embassy is in Washington, D.C., but the country also maintains consulate-general offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and San Francisco.estrictions. Your travel within China is not unrestricted even once you have your visa. You'll need a special permit to visit many parts of China, the U.S. State Department warns. Certain areas, including most of Tibet outside Lhasa and Shan Nan, are closed to foreigners.
Ureteral Stent Placement. Ureteral stent placement is a procedure to open a blocked or narrow ureter. The ureter is the tube that carries urine from your kidney into your bladder. A stent is a thin hollow plastic tube used to hold your ureter open and allow urine to flow. The stent may stay in for several weeks. Informed consent is a legal document that explains the tests, treatments, or procedures that you may need.
A ureteral stent is a small, soft, tube about 10 - 12 inches long and about as big around as a coffee swizzle stick (see. picture above, on left). It is placed in the ureter, which is the muscular tube that drains urine from the kidney to the. bladder (see picture above, on right). Each end of the stent is shaped like a pigtail. One end of the tube sits inside. the kidney, and one end sits in the bladder.