title: [Urethroplasty with buccal mucosa graft or penile skin graft for anterior urethral stricture?].
abstract: Currently the treatment for urethral stricture considers various techniques, including augmentation urethroplasty using tissue from different parts of the body. The more used are the buccal mucosa and penile skin, but are there any differences in success between both tissues? Searching in Epistemonikos database, which is maintained by screening 30 databases, we identified one systematic review including 18 primary studies addressing this question, six of them prospective. We combined the evidence using meta-analysis and generated a summary of findings table following the GRADE approach. We concluded there is uncertainty about the superiority of one technique over another because the certainty of the evidence is very low. A new systematic review is urgently needed on this topic as randomized studies have been published after the most recent review, which could provide greater certainty.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Proyecto Epistemonikos. Address: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lira 63, Santiago Centro, Chile. Email: alvarosaavedraza@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.affiliation: Proyecto Epistemonikos; Departamento de Urología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saavedra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D010413:Penis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery*; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000379:methods