title: New modality for treatment of resistant anastomotic strictures after radical prostatectomy: UroLume urethral stent.
abstract: A new approach for the treatment of vesicourethral anastomotic stricture after radical retropubic prostatectomy is presented. The patient had failed treatment with bougies, balloon dilation, and cold-knife incision of the anastomotic area. Transurethral resection of the bladder neck resulted in a rapid recurrence of the stricture. He was successfully treated with insertion of a UroLume urethral stent. After 18 months of follow-up, the patient is symptom free.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Lady Davis, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zivan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015607:Stents; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*