title: Guidelines for the treatment of urethral strictures.
abstract: Over a period of 12 years 467 patients with urethral stricture were treated surgically at Tygerberg Hospital. The following surgical guidelines were developed: visual cold-knife urethrotomy should be the first line of treatment; urethroplasty is indicated when urethrotomy fails or is unfeasible; the urethroplasty of choice should be a single-stage operation; and staged procedures should be reserved for complicated cases.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: de Kock
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery*