title: Postoperative care following internal urethrotomy.
abstract: A randomized prospective study was set up to assess the role of postoperative catheter drainage and the value of hydraulic self-dilatation of the urethra after internal urethrotomy. Sixty-two patients were admitted into the study and followed-up for two years. The results support the use of a no-catheter posturethrotomy management and advocate the encouragement of postoperative hydraulic self-urethral dilatation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D012008:Recurrence; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014563:Urodynamics