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Urethral Stents: Review of Technology and Clinical Applications

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Interventional Management of Urological Diseases

Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Endourology ((ENDOUROLOGY,volume 8))

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Urethral stents are a minimally invasive therapy used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, urethral stricture, or detrusor sphincter dyssynergia. This chapter reviews the different types of urethral stents, indications for their use, and clinical results. Urethral stents may be positioned in the urethra or prostatic urethra and are classified as temporary or permanent. Temporary stents are further subdivided into biodegradable and nonbiodegradable. This form of therapy is particularly useful in patients who are at high anesthetic risk and are unable to undergo surgical procedures considered to be the gold standard, such as transurethral prostatectomy or open urethroplasty for prostatic enlargement and urethral stricture disease. Urethral stents can provide an effective alternative to transurethral and open procedures in many urological disorders that affect the prostate and urethra.

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    Mordechai Duvdevani, Ben H. Chew & John D. Denstedt

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    Yoshinari Ono M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Duvdevani, M., Chew, B.H., Denstedt, J.D. (2006). Urethral Stents: Review of Technology and Clinical Applications. In: Baba, S., Ono, Y. (eds) Interventional Management of Urological Diseases. Recent Advances in Endourology, vol 8. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-35642-4_12

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