title: S-shaped coaxial dilators for male urethral strictures.
abstract: Male urethral stricture dilatation is done with sounds, filiforms and followers, balloons, or coaxial dilators inserted over a guidewire. To facilitate stricture dilatation and minimize trauma a new S-shaped coaxial urethral dilator was designed. Prototypes were tested, and the final design was devised with a technique for successful insertion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. s.herschorn@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Sender
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herschorn
authors.forename: Edison
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carrington
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000628:therapy*