Prostatic stent

Details Prostatic stent Prostatic stent

1994-04-26

1997-09-16

Weiss, John G.

Surgery

Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to...

623 1, 623 12, 606195, A61M 500, A61F 206, A61F 204

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ABSTRACT:
A prostatic stent and method of manufacture. The stent has an elongate body defining a passage therethrough and includes a distal section, a mid-section and a proximal section. The elongate body has a length sufficient to extend distally from a bladder neck to a position somewhat short of the external sphincter. The proximal section has a shape conforming to the neck of the urinary bladder.

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Kirby, R. and Christmas, T., Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, 1993, Wolfe Publishing, pp. 63-71.

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