title: Cold knife optical urethrotomy.
abstract: Cold knife optical urethrotomy with the Sachse urethrotome was used in 44 patients with urethral strictures. Appraisal if the results, after a mean follow-up of fourteen months, showed 77.3 per cent success rate regarding urine flow rates and 81.8 per cent regarding subjective response of the patient.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery*