[Clinical study of intraurethral stent for patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy with 1-year follow up]

Seven consecutive patients with acute retention due to benign prostatic hyperplasia, were treated by insertion of an intraurethral stent using endoscopy under mucosal anesthesia. The patients were between 68 and 86 years old with an average age of 79.7 years. During the 1-year follow-up period all patients had satisfactory voiding. No complication or renal dysfunction were found. This device is a good alternative to an indwelling catheter in patients awaiting prostatic surgery and also in those who are either unfit or unwilling to undergo prostatectomy.