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We aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness and complications between thermo-expandable urethral stents and polymer-coated bulbar urethral stents (BUSs) for the treatment of traumatic bulbar urethral strictures. Between September 2011 and March 2018, 30 patients who had been diagnosed with complete bulbar urethral rupture following blunt trauma underwent temporary urethral stent placement after primary realignment. Thermo-expandable nickel-titanium alloy urethral stents were placed for 15 patients (group M), and retrievable self-expandable polymer-coated BUSs were placed for another 15 patients (group A). All stents were removed within 6 months after placement. The complications and maintained patency rates were compared between the two groups. The mean stent indwelling period was 5.0 \u00b1 2.5 months in group M and 4.9 \u00b1 4.0 months in group A. Both groups maintained high patency rates (Group M 12\/15 (80.0%) and group A 13\/15 (86.7%)). Five patients who developed urethral stricture underwent direct visual internal urethrotomy (DVIU), and no patients required repeat DVIU or open surgical urethroplasty. Both groups maintained the mean maximal urinary flow rate (Qmax) at 12 months after stent removal. Discomfort (46.7% vs. 6.7%), granulation tissue formation (73.3% vs. 26.7%) and post-void dribbling (80.0% vs. 20.0%) were more frequent in group M than in group A (p = 0.013, p = 0.011 and p = 0.001, respectively). In conclusion, both stents were effective for managing traumatic complete bulbar urethral rupture after primary realignment. However, the thermo-expandable urethral stents had a higher complication rate while the stent was in situ than the BUSs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm9051274","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,29]],"date-time":"2020-04-29T01:29:15Z","timestamp":1588123755000},"page":"1274","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Novel Treatment Strategy for Management of Traumatic Bulbar Urethral Rupture Using Temporary Urethral Stent after Primary Realignment; Retrospective Comparison between Thermo-Expandable Urethral Stent and Self-Expandable Polymer-Coated Urethral Stent"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1233-5951","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sun Tae","family":"Ahn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Korea University Guro Hospital, No. 148, Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul 08308, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2987-5778","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dong Hyun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Korea University Guro Hospital, No. 148, Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul 08308, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2228-0640","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jong Wook","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Korea University Guro Hospital, No. 148, Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul 08308, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9031-9845","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Du Geon","family":"Moon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Korea University Guro Hospital, No. 148, Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul 08308, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"450","DOI":"10.1590\/S1677-55382009000400009","article-title":"Straddle injuries to the bulbar urethra: Management and outcome in 53 patients","volume":"35","author":"Elgammal","year":"2009","journal-title":"Int. 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