Category 2008

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Can Reconstructive Urethral Surgery Proceed Without Randomised Controlled Trials? Eur Urol 2008; 54: 709-711.   In the January 2008 issue, Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, wrote that it is worth cheering for a different kind of scholarship in medicine [1]. He supports a new “old-fashioned scholarship” that transcends numbers and drives doctor–scholars into the […]

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Retrospective outcome analysis of one-stage penile urethroplasty using a flap or graft in a homogeneous series of patients B J Urol Int 2008; 102: 853-860.   Abstract:To compare the results of a one-stage penile flap or graft urethroplasty. Patients and methods: Sixty-three patients had a penile urethroplasty using one-stage techniques; 18 (29%) had a one-stage […]

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The Use of Lingual Mucosal Graft in Adult Anterior Urethroplasty: Surgical Steps and Short-Term Outcome Eur Urol 2008; 54: 671-676.   Objective: Investigate the tolerability, safety, and efficacy of using the lingual mucosal graft (LMG) for anterior urethroplasty. Methods: Ten patients (average age, 41 yr) underwent substitution urethroplasty LMG. Harvesting the graft from the tongue […]

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Muscle- and Nerve-sparing Bulbar Urethroplasty: A New Technique Eur Urol 2008; 54: 335-343.   Background: To describe a new surgical technique for the repair of bulbar urethral strictures to preserve the bulbospongiosum muscle and its perineal innervation. Objective: Surgical steps of muscle- and nerve-sparing bulbar urethroplasty are described. The outcome is provided regarding semen sequestration […]

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Utilizzo del fibrinogeno e trombina umani nella chirurgia ricostruttiva dell’uretra Urologia 2008; 75: 49-53.   No Abstract

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One-Stage bulbar urethroplasty: Retrospective analisys of the results in 375 patients Eur Urol 2008; 53: 828-833.   Objective: To review the outcome of bulbar urethroplasty using one-stage surgical techniques. Methods: Of 375 patients, who underwent one-stage bulbar urethroplasties, 165 patients (44%) underwent anastomotic repair (AR), 40 (10.7%) underwent augmented anastomotic repair (AAR) using penile skin […]

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Dorsal Onlay Skin Graft Bulbar Urethroplasty: Long-Term Follow-Up Eur Urol 2008; 53: 628-634.   Objectives: To report retrospectively long-term follow-up in a homogeneous group of patients who underwent dorsal onlay skin graft bulbar urethroplasty and to investigate which factors might influence longterm outcome. Methods: Thirty-eight patients, with an average age of 43 yr, underwent dorsal […]

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