title: Etiology, diagnosis, and management of urethral strictures in children.
abstract: Urethral strictures in children, like those in adults, are problems whose management embodies all that is basic to urology. It is helpful to think of strictures according to etiology: congenital, infectious-inflammatory, and traumatic (iatrogenic and noniatrogenic). The treatment options are diversion (nearly always temporary), manipulation, and repair. The authors also review their research on urethral healing.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Scherz
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery