Visual internal urethrotomy in management or urethral strictures.
Visual internal urethrotomy was used in the treatment of urethral strictures in 103 patients. The procedure was performed mostly under local anesthesia. Urethral catheter for forty-eight hours or urethral splinting for two weeks was used as complementary treatment in some cases. We obtained an overall success rate of 95.1 per cent.
D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization