Categoria 2020

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Risk calculator for prediction of treatment-related urethroplasty failure in patients with penile urethral strictures. Int Urol Nephrol 2020; 52: 1079-1085 PURPOSE: To design a dedicated risk calculator for patients with penile urethra stricture who are scheduled to urethroplasty that might be used to counsel patients according to their pre-operative risk of failure. METHODS: Patients treated […]

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Surgical treatment of bulbar urethral structures: tips and tricks. Int Braz J Urol 2020; 46: 511-518 ABSTRACT: The surgical treatment of bulbar urethral strictures is still one of the most challenging reconstructive surgery problems. Bulbar urethral strictures are usually categorized as traumatic and non-traumatic strictures depending on the aetiology. The traumatic strictures are caused by […]

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Focus on internal urethrotomy as primary treatment for untreated bulbar urethral strictures: results from a multivariable analysis. Eur Urol Focus 2020; 6: 164-169. BACKGROUND: The use of internal urethrotomy for treatment of urethral stricture remains a controversial topic in urology. OBJECTIVE: To investigate outcomes and predictors of failure for internal urethrotomy as primary treatment for […]

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Urothelial or oral mucosa cells for tissue-engineered urethroplasty: A critical revision of the clinical outcome. Asian Journal of Urology 2020; 7: 18-23. OBJECTIVE: To report the clinical outcome of urethral reconstruction by cultured urothelial or oral mucosa cells for tissue-engineered urethroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We systematically searched for studies reporting the use of tissue-engineered techniques […]

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