
Memokath -Model 045 -Non-Allergenic Metallic Urethral Stent
Memokath™ 045 Urethra is a non-allergenic metallic stent used to effectively treat penile urethral stricture without the side-effects of major surgery, or discomfort of catheters. Memokath™ 045 Urethra is a non-allergenic metallic stent used to effectively treat penile urethral stricture. The stent is typically inserted in 30-45 minutes under local anesthesia through the urethra with a cystoscope and positioned across the stricture to allow urine to flow through the urethra. Memokath™ 045 Urethra preserves normal bladder control and provides urinary flow without the side-effects of major surgery and discomfort of catheters. It can remain inside the body for up two years or more before needing replacement.
Memokath™ 045 Urethra is used for penile urethral strictures. It treats strictures without the debilitating side-effects of surgery, and discomfort of catheters making it a preferred choice for patients who wish to avoid these. The effectiveness and long-term patency of Memokath™ 045 Urethra also makes it viable solution for patients who receive incisions or dilatations regularly, as well as for patients of high age, frailty, or on anticoagulant medicine.
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Indications
Penile urethral strictures
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Etiology
Trauma
Instrumentations
Sexually transmitted diseases -
Patient examples
Patients receiving repeat incisions or dilations
Patients on catheters
Patients unwilling to undergo surgery
Patients for whom surgery has failed
Patients of high age or frailty
Patients on anticoagulant medicine
Memokath™ 045 Urethra is chosen as treatment method against penile urethral strictures due to its advantages over competing treatments. Memokath™ 045 Urethra offers a high degree of patient safety and quality of life by avoiding the debilitating side-effects of e.g. impotence, incontinence and urinary tract infections observed with competing treatments. Through its extended insitu time among other factors and Memokath™ 045 Urethra is moreover a sound economic choice of treatment, with the potential to save substantial costs compared to surgery and catherization.
100% reversible
Causes no tissue in-growth
Causes minimal risk of infection
No need for general anaesthesia
Replaces need for surgery
Causes no impotence
Causes no incontinence
Retains voluntary urination control
Replaces need for catheters
Low risk of infection
Fewer switches than with catheters
Out-patient procedure of app. 45 min.
Immediate return to daily activities
Easy to exchange when needed
Immediate symptom relief