title: Balloon dilation of posterior urethral stricture secondary to radiation and cryotherapy in a patient with a functional artificial urethral sphincter.
abstract: Severe urethral stricture disease as an isolated entity can be a management dilemma. In the patient described here, this problem was associated with prior external-beam radiation and cryosurgical ablation of the prostate, and a functional artificial urethral sphincter (AUS) had been placed. An attempt to relieve partial urinary obstruction while preserving AUS function led to successful balloon dilation proximal to the sphincter cuff.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77030, USA. lwestney@utsurg.med.uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Westney
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Del Terzo
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: McGuire
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects; D014521:Urethra; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D016741:Urinary Sphincter, Artificial