Initial experience with Allium™ stent in the management of bulbar urethral stricture
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Dinesh Agarwal; Andrew Silagy; Chris Merrett
- Source
- Translational Andrology and Urology
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Stent insertion
Urethral stricture
Urology
medicine.medical_treatment
030232 urology & nephrology
urethral calculi
Urethral stent
Review Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Retrospective analysis
cardiovascular diseases
Internal urethrotomy
business.industry
Stent
medicine.disease
equipment and supplies
Surgery
surgical procedures, operative
Reproductive Medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
stent
Bulbar urethra
business
Bulbar urethral stricture
human activities
bulbar urethra
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2223-4691
We herein present our initial experience of a short series with the Allium™ Bulbar Urethral Stent (BUS) in the management of bulbar urethral disease. This Allium™ stent is a self-expandable metal stent which is intended for temporary placement. Our series is a retrospective analysis of 15 BUS placements in 13 patients conducted during 2014 to 2016. BUS was placed successfully after visual internal urethrotomy (VIU) in all patients. Stent insertion was successful in 8 patients (62%) with a mean follow up of 7.2 months (range, 2-12 months). Two of the failed patients stents were reinserted had repeat stenting with a successful outcome. The result of this short series suggests that BUS may have a limited role in the management of bulbar urethral stricture disease.