title: The use of wallstents in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
abstract: This study was conducted to assess the clinical reliability of the prostatic Urolume Wallstent for symptomatic BPH patients. One hundred patients were treated under intravenous sedation or local anesthesia. Pre- and postoperative patient evaluation included scoring of subjective symptoms, physical examination, laboratory analysis, transrectal ultrasonography, uroflowmetry with maximum flow nomograms, intravenous pyelogram and cystourethroscopy. At the long-term follow-up the vast majority of patients showed non-obstructed voiding parameters. The most frequent complications included stent malpositioning and dislocation, and persistent irritative symptomatology. The prostatic UroLume Wallstent is a safe and effective minimally invasive procedure for carefully selected BPH patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Scientific Institute H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guazzoni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montorsi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rigatti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects