title: European experience with the urethral Wallstent for urethral strictures.
abstract: We describe the use of the urethral Wallstent in 71 patients with urethral strictures. The stainless steel stent is self expanding when released from its endoscopic introducer. The results over a 3-year period have been good with only mild discomfort and slight urethral leakage for up to 3 months. Migration, infection and encrustation have not been a problem and serial endoscopic review shows healing to be variable but complete in up to 12 months. It is considered that this simple endoscopic technique offers a simple, safe and effective alternative to multiple dilatations, urethrotomies and urethroplasty procedures in patients with bulbar urethral strictures.
authors.affiliation: Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ashken
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coulange
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Milroy
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sarramon
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013193:Stainless Steel; D015607:Stents; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel