title: Adult urethral stricture: practice of Turkish urologists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate national practice patterns in the treatment of male anterior urethral strictures among Turkish urologists.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey form including 12 questions prepared to determine active Turkish urologists' approach to diagnosis and treatment of the adult urethral stricture (US) were filled out. Based on the survey results, the institutions which 218 urologists work and their years of expertise, methods they used for diagnosis and treatment, whether or not they perform open urethroplasty and timing of open urethroplasty were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Optic internal urethrotomy and dilatation are the most commonly used minimal invasive procedures in treatment of US with the ratios of 93.5% and 63.3% respectively. On the other hand it was seen that urethroplasty was a less commonly used procedure, compared to minimal invasive techniques, with the ratio of 36.7%. Survey results showed us that the number of US cases observed and open urethroplasty procedures performed increases with increasing years of professional experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As a method demanding special surgical experience and known as a time-consuming and challenging procedure, open urethroplasty will be able to take a greater part in current urological practice with the help of theoretical education and practical courses given by specific centers and experienced authors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akyuz
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zulfu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sertkaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Koca
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caliskan
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Musab Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kutluhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammet Ihsan
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Karaman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D000072178:Urologists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014572:Urology