This article outlines the history of the development of endoluminal stents.
It describes the various types of endoluminal stents in detail and details
the advantages of stented grafts versus and grafted stents, full graft ver
sus composite stents, and self-expanding versus balloon-expanded stents. It
also examines the various coverings of Dacron, polytetrafluoroethylene (PT
FE), and polyurethrane-polycarbonate.