A sterile non-bioabsorbable tubular device intended for short-term (<= 30 days) introduction into the urethra to facilitate urethral patency and an unimpeded flow of urine from the bladder, typically used during the postsurgical healing period [e.g., after thermal treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or hypospadias/epispadias repair], or to relieve urethral obstruction from BPH and/or detrusor external sphincter dyssynergia (DESD). It is made entirely of a synthetic polymer(s) and may have various designs (e.g., continuous tube, meshed). It may be expandable in situ and disposable devices intended to assist implantation may be included. This is a single-use device.