Temporary Polyurethane-Covered Nitinol Endoprosthesis for the Bulbous Urethra Stricture Treatment

Flared polyurethane-covered self-expandable nitinol stent for malignant biliary obstruction.

PURPOSE To determine the technical efficacy and safety of a flared polyurethane-covered self-expandable nitinol stent in the management of malignant biliary obstruction and to evaluate its clinical efficacy by estimating stent patency and patient survival rates. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirteen patients with common bile duct strictures (nonhilar) caused by malignant disease were treated by plac...

Stricture of the Urethra after Lateral Lithotomy

a large lithotomy staff was passed down to the stricture. The urethra was then opened in front of the obstruction, and a small probe was passed into all likely passages. Finally the urethra was discovered, and the probe easily passed into the bladder where its point was felt to be free. As the passage was too small to admit even a small director, a cataract knife was passed alongside the probe ...

Gonorrhœal Stricture of the Male Urethra

cause natural flush of the urethra; fourthly, climatic effect retards the progress of the disease. In India, particularly in Bengal, the statistical data are incomplete and therefore misleading. On the strength of the. so-called available statistics, no scientific inference about the percentage of stricture urethra cases can be correctly ascertained, which, in my opinion, should neither be exag...

Stricture of Urethra with Perinæal Tumour

By G. J. H. Warden, Civil Surgeon, Bhaugulpore. On the 25th April last, a native, aged 50 or 55 years, applied at the Bhaugulpore Sadder Dispensary, stating that he had a tumour between his legs. On examination a swelling was found in the perinaeum. The history was as follows :?About four months ago a swelling was noticed in the perinseum, which gradually increased in size, and was accompanied ...

Sir Henry Thompson's Stricture of Urethra