Temporary Placement of Covered Retrievable Expandable Nitinol Stents with Barbs in High-risk Surgical Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Work in Progress

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
4240331	Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology	2011	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Retrievable stents with eight barbs seem to overcome the problem of stent migration associated with conventional prostatic expandable stents. Preliminary results suggest that stents with barbs are both feasible and effective in patients with BPH.

Keywords

SEMS IPSS self-expandable metallic stent International Prostate Symptom Score Benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH

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Temporary Placement of Covered Retrievable Expandable Nitinol Stents with Barbs in High-risk Surgical Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Work in Progress

Authors

Choung-soo MD, Ho-Young MD, In Gab MD, Hyun Jin BS, Eun-Young PhD, Jung-Hoon RT, Chang Jin MD, Sung Hyun MD, Sang Woo MD, Jae-Ik MD, Je Hwan MD,