Main description:

Urologists have long used urinary stents in patients who have - or who are at risk of developing - an obstruction or blockage of the kidney. These rodlike devices are inserted into the ureter to keep the canal open or to help with healing after trauma, surgery or radiotherapy.

More recently the use of stents for the prostate and urethra has also become more widespread, despite poor results in first generation models. Constant development has led to the introduction of second generation stents with a variety of designs, materials and coatings. These have gone a long way to counter the traditional side effects such as irritation, hematuria, infection and encrustation.

Handbook of Urinary Stents has been written to provide urologists with a practical guide to the various new models for stenting. The book describes the various stents available; the criteria for their selection; their clinical application and potential complications of use. At the same time, the book provides thorough descriptions of relevant physiology and pathophysiology for those requiring deeper understanding of the subject.

Key Points

Provides a comprehensive, timely review for urologists needing an accessible guide to the range of stents available
Chapters highlight the use of stents in special populations such as children and patients with transplanted ureter
Emphasis on clinical complications following the use of stents and how to manage them effectively

Contents:

1 History of ureter stents

2 Physiology of stent flow

3 Stent materials and designs

4 Stent coatings

5 Indications

6 Insertion - tips and tricks

7 Stent complications and how to deal with them

8 How to deal with the heavily encrusted stent

9 Medical therapy of stent-related LUTS

10 Stents in children

11 Stents in pregnancy

12 How not to forget the stent

13 QoL with stents

14 The role of metal in the world of stents

15 The Memokath stent

16 The Resonance stent

17 The ureter metal mesh stent

18 The Allium stent

19 The UventaTM stent

20 Complications of metal stents in the ureter

21 Pathophysiology of encrustation in metal stents

22 Prophylactic SWL on metal stents

23 QoL in metal stents

24 Stenting the transplanted ureter

25 Using a metal stent in management of benign ureteroenteric anastomotic strictures in Bricker deviation

26 Biodegradable ureter stents

27 Drug eluting ureter stents

28 History of lower urinary tract stenting

29 The ideal stent

30 Physiology of urethral flow

31 Indications

32 Temporary prostate stents

33 The Memokath prostate stent

34 The Urolume prostate stent

35 The Allium prostate stent

36 The Spanner prostate stent

37 Complications of prostate stents

38 The future role of prostatic stents

39 Indications

40 The Allium urethra stent

41 The urethra stent and detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD)

42 The urethra stent and radiotherapy

43 The urethra stent and brachytherapy

44 The future role of urethra stents

45 Biodegradable stents of the lower urinary tract

46 What's in the pipeline for the future?