Handbook of Urinary Stents

Noor Buchholz MBBSm MD FSSU (CH) FKNMG (NL)Consultant Urologist, Sobeh's Vascular and Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOliver Hakenberg MD PhDProfessor & Chairman, Dept of Urology, Rostock University, GermanyJunaid Masood MSc FRCSConsultant Urological Surgeon & Stone Specialist, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, UKChristian Bach MDConsultant Urological Surgeon, Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

• 1          History of ureter stents2          Physiology of stent flow3          Stent materials and designs4          Stent coatings5          Indications6          Insertion - tips and tricks7          Stent complications and how to deal with them8          How to deal with the heavily encrusted stent9          Medical therapy of stent-related LUTS10        Stents in children11        Stents in pregnancy12        How not to forget the stent13        QoL with stents14        The role of metal in the world of stents15        The Memokath stent16        The Resonance stent17        The ureter metal mesh stent18        The Allium stent19        The UventaTM stent20        Complications of metal stents in the ureter21        Pathophysiology of encrustation in metal stents22        Prophylactic SWL on metal stents23        QoL in metal stents24        Stenting the transplanted ureter25        Using  a metal stent in  management  of benign  ureteroenteric anastomotic          strictures in Bricker deviation26        Biodegradable ureter stents27        Drug eluting ureter stents28        History of lower urinary tract stenting29        The ideal stent30        Physiology of urethral flow31        Indications32        Temporary prostate stents33        The Memokath prostate stent34        The Urolume prostate stent35        The Allium prostate stent36        The Spanner prostate stent37        Complications of prostate stents38        The future role of prostatic stents39        Indications40        The Allium urethra stent41        The urethra stent and detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD)42        The urethra stent and radiotherapy43        The urethra stent and brachytherapy44        The future role of urethra stents45        Biodegradable stents of the lower urinary tract46        What's in the pipeline for the future?