The controversy of single versus multistaged urethroplasty.
Experience with various 1 stage repairs for urethral strictures (patch graft, and excision and reanastomosis techniques) gained by ourselves and others is compared to reports on multistaged urethroplasties (Johanson, Leadbetter-Johanson and Turner-Warwick). Increased hospitalization, absence from employment and the morbidity of multiple anesthetics and operations are features of the multistaged approaches compared to the 1 stage operations. Furthermore, no advantage was seen when initial or final success rates were compared.
D004240:Diverticulum / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000209:etiology