Description
Book SynopsisUrologists 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
Table of Contents1 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?
