title: Use of multiple Wallstents in treatment of bladder outlet obstruction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sweetser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravalli
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brettschneider
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Badlani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*