Etiology of urethral stricture following transurethral prostatectomy. A retrospective study.
A retrospective review of 417 transurethral prostatectomies was made regarding the significance of possible etiologies of postoperative urethral stricture. Clinically significant stricture developed in 9% of the patients. Of the studied factors, only indwelling catheter for a short period (1-7 days) within the last preoperative month showed statistically significant correlation with postoperative urethral stricture.
D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D014521:Urethra / Q000473:pathology; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000209:etiology*