Use of multiple Wallstents in treatment of bladder outlet obstruction.
Of 23 patients being treated with the Urolume Wallstent for bladder outlet obstruction, 4--3 with anterior urethral strictures and 1 with benign prostatic hyperplasia--required two to four stents. When placing multiple stents, there should be enough overlap to prevent the opening of a gap as the stents expand and shorten over the ensuing weeks. Use of more than 1 stent is indicated when the stricture or the prostatic urethra is longer than 3 cm or when stricture recurs beyond the end of a previously placed stent.
Sweetser
P M
PM
Department of Urology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
Ravalli
R
R
Brettschneider
N
N
Badlani
G
G
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*