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Biliary stent placement may decrease your symptoms such as jaundice (yellowing of skin and the whites of eyes). Endoscopic biliary stenting may also resolve itching, abdominal (stomach) and back pain, and improve your liver function.
Stents for Kidney Stones A stent (a flexible hollow tube) is sometimes used as part of a person's treatment for kidney stones. Stents may be placed when there is swelling after a large kidney stone has been removed, when a stone cannot be removed, or if there is an obstruction in the ureter -- the tube that carries urine from your kidneys to the bladder. Any discomfort a stent for kidney stones causes usually goes away in a few days.