Present and Future of Urinary Stents

Abstract

Unfortunately, urinary stents are associated with high rates of side effects and complications that significantly decrease the quality of life of patients. Therefore, despite their evident usefulness in urological clinical practice, their use should be subject to an important medical evaluation to balance the benefits against the side effects, as well as the possible complications associated with current urinary stents. More than 80% of patients with ureteral stents have significant adverse effects affecting their quality of life, sex life and compromising their labor life. So, given the clinical requirement for the use of urinary stents and their clearly unacceptable side effects, the need to improve these medical devices and the research to do so is understandable. This book brings together the experience and expertise in urinary stents of the leading researchers in urinary stents. Not only because it addresses the present of urinary stents from a clinical point of view, but also because it includes the most innovative groups and future approaches and does so in a multidisciplinary way.