title: [Effectiveness of dilatation of distal urethral stenosis in girls].
abstract: Dilatation of distal urethral stenoses is one of the relatively frequent minor operations in child urology. The authors present a group of 830 female patients age 2-16 years treated by dilatation of the urethra in 1988-1994. According to the predominating finding they divide the cases into three groups--vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), infection of the urinary pathways (IUP), enuresis--and in these they evaluate the effectiveness of the operation, which was greatest in the group of patients with IUP (37%). Finally they discuss both possibilities of treatment of stenoses--dilatation and urethrotomy.
authors.affiliation: Klinika dĕtské chirurgie a traumatologic FDN a LF MU, Brno.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zerhau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holubár
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hnilicka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mráz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004106:Dilatation; D004775:Enuresis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000209:etiology