ISBN-13: 9781841843872 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 616 str.
Like the first edition (1998), the second edition of Stenting the Urinary System brings together a multidisciplinary team, all of whom have made a considerable contribution to the development of urinary stents over the years, and gives the practising urologist an undeniably high quality, well-researched reference text on the implantation of urinary stents and the scientific basis behind each stent. Since the introduction of urinary stents in 1970, urological stents have gained rapid momentum in the armamentarium of urologists, interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons. The list of existing stents is increasingly taking the place of various open surgical procedures or are becoming adjuncts to new therapeutic regimes. Unlike other systems, the urinary system uses a variety of stents formed from many different materials, all of which are discussed here. The close cooperation between industry and physicians, and also combined meetings bringing together various medical disciplines, bioengineers and industry, results in newer devices appearing and hopefully achieving more beneficial results. Daniel Yachia and Peter Paterson have achieved a magnificent goal in bringing together ph