Endourethrotomy of posterior urethral obliterations and severe strictures: improved outcome with urethral self-dilatation.
Eighteen male patients underwent endoscopic management of urethral obliterations and severe strictures of the subprostatic urethra. Thirteen patients who performed clean urethral self-dilatation after endoscopic repair had a lower incidence of recurrent strictures (P = 0.03) and required fewer visual internal urethrotomies than the initial five patients, who did not self-dilate (P = 0.01). All patients had minimal morbidity and required short hospitalization to achieve adequate urine flow and a stable urethral neolumen during the follow-up period.
Alzimaity
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Department of Urology, King Abd-ALAAZIZ University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mosli
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Farsi
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Bahnassy
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004106:Dilatation; D005355:Fibrosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018666:Ureteroscopy; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*