Spontaneous breakage of self-retaining intraprostatic stent.
An unexpected late complication was observed in a patient in whom the self-retaining intraprostatic stent was inserted. Among our 32 patients in whom the device was used, instead of a long-term indwelling catheter in high operative risk patients or in those awaiting a definitive operation, the success rate was 80%, with a 20% immediate failure rate. Spontaneous breakage of the device occurred 96 days after its insertion. This device was removed endoscopically and a new unit was inserted under sonographic guidance. After 6 months the device still functioned satisfactorily.
Department of Urology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
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D000368:Aged; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate; D015607:Stents; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*