Use of cutting balloon in the treatment of urethral stricture: a novel technique.
The peripheral cutting balloon has been used to treat various nonvascular strictures as well as vascular stenosis. In this article, we describe for the first time the use of the cutting balloon in the treatment of patients with urethral stricture. Four patients with bulbar urethral stricture were included in the study. All strictures were successfully dilated with the cutting balloon, and patients were free of symptoms at 6-month follow-up. Cutting-balloon dilatation is a safe, easy-to-perform, and effective treatment for patients with tight urethral strictures.
Yildirim
Erkan
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Department of Radiology, Baskent University Medical School Ankara, Ankara, Turkey. drerkany@yahoo.com
Cicek
Tufan
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Istanbulluoglu
Okan
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Ozturk
Bulent
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