title: Guided dilatation and transurethral resection in one session for treatment of post-prostatectomy obstructive complications.
abstract: 53 patients presenting with post-prostatectomy obstructive complications above the colliculus seminalis were treated in a single session by means of guided dilatation of the stricture followed by transurethral resection of the stenosing fibrotic tissue. No failures or complications with the guided dilatation technique have been observed. The results obtained after resection in cases of bladder neck stenosis were very encourging. Unsatisfactory results were observed in cases of prostatic urethral stenosis because resection is not a technique sufficient for stable resolution of the obstruction.
mesh_terms: D004106:Dilatation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014521:Urethra; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*