title: A comparative study of electrosurgical vs. cold urethrotomy in the treatment of urethral strictures.
abstract: Thirty-one patients with urethral stricture were subjected to internal urethrotomy under visual control. The patients were divided into two groups according to the surgical procedure: electrosurgical or cold resection. A modification of the Sachse knife was introduced in order to permit its use with the American Cystoscope Makers Inc. instruments. The success rate with cold resection was 81.81% and with the electrosurgical procedure 40%. Internal urethrotomy with cold resection is a simple and harmless operation, being a first choice in the treatment of urethral stricture.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004598:Electrosurgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery*