Treatment of recurrent vesicourethral anastomotic stricture after radical prostatectomy with endourethroplasty.
We report our experience with successful treatment of 2 cases of severe recurrent vesicourethral anastomotic stricture after radical prostatectomy with endourethroplasty. Both patients had multiple failures of conventional treatments but have been free of stricture recurrence after endourethroplasty with 11 and 25 months follow-up, respectively. Follow-up urethroscopy showed open anastomotic segments with epithelialization after endourethroplasty in both patients. The patient who was continent prior to endourethroplasty remained continent afterward.
Chiou
R K
RK
Urology Sections, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Veterals Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, 68198-2360, USA.
Howe
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S
Morton
J J
JJ
Grune
M T
MT
Taylor
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012008:Recurrence; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*