Stenting the Urinary System

Stenting the Urinary System brings together a multidisciplinary team, all of whom have made key contributions to the development of urinary stents. They give the practicing urologist a well-researched reference on the implantation of urinary stents and the scientific basis behind each. Since their introduction in 1970, urological stents have been used increasingly by urologists, interventional radiologists, and vascular surgeons. Stents are increasingly displacing various open surgical procedures or are becoming adjuncts to new therapeutic regimes. Unlike other systems, urinary stents are formed from many different materials, all of which are discussed in this book.