title: Optical internal urethrotomy with and without catheter. A comparative study.
abstract: The role of postoperative catheter treatment after optical internal urethrotomy was studied in a prospective, consecutive, randomised series of 54 patients. Group one was treated without catheter and group two with catheter for one day. No significant difference in recurrence rate was found between the two groups studied by means of voiding interview, uroflowmetry and retrograde urethrography.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D012008:Recurrence; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization