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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Argument urethroplasty
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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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Repair of sphincter urethral strictures preserving urinary continence: surgical technique and outcomes. World J Urol, 2019; 37:2473-2479 INTRODUCTION: Repair of post-TURP sphincter urethral strictures represents challenging problem, due to the risk of urinary incontinence after the repair. We described a surgical technique we use to repair these strictures preserving urinary continence in patients with incompetent […]
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Treatment of 1242 bulbar urethral strictures: multivariable statistical analysis World J Urol 2019; 37: 1165-1171. PURPOSE: We investigated the success rate of different surgical techniques for bulbar stricture repair. METHODS: Retrospective study of patients with bulbar urethral strictures treated using different techniques. The primary outcome of the study was to evaluate the overall results of […]
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Correlation Between Primary Hypospadias Repair and Subsequent Urethral Strictures in a Series of 408 Adult Patients Eur Urol Focus 2017; 3: 287-292. BACKGROUND: The correlation between primary hypospadias repair and subsequent urethral strictures in adults has never been addressed. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the correlation between the site of primary hypospadias repair and the site of subsequent […]
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History and evolution of the use of oral mucosa for urethral reconstruction Asian Journal of Urology 2017; 4: 98-101. Abstract: We report here the history and evolution of the use of oral mucosa in reconstructive urethral surgery since it was first used for urethroplasty in 1894. Since that time, many authors have contributed to develop, […]
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Reconstructive Management with Buccal Urethroplasty E U R O P E A N U R O L O G Y S U P P L E M E N T S 1 5 ( 2 0 1 6 ) 1 7 – 2 3 Abstract: We present the historical evolution of the use of buccal […]
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Incidence, Causes, and Complications of Urethral Stricture Disease E U R O P E A N U R O L O G Y S U P P L E M E N T S 1 5 ( 2 0 1 6 ) 2 – 6 Abstract: Urethral stricture refers to any narrowing of the urethra, […]
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How to harvest buccal mucosa from the cheek African Journal of Urology (2016) 22, 18–23 Abstract: The paper provides the reader with the step by step of our current technique of harvesting buccal mucosa from the cheek. We describe how to prepare the patients, the use of the Kilner-Doughty mouth retractor, the Stensen duct identification, […]
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Factors that influence the outcome of open urethroplasty for pelvis fracture urethral defect (PFUD): an observational study from a single high-volume tertiary care center. World J Urol. 2015 Dec;33(12):2169-75 PURPOSE: To report the clinical features of pelvic fracture urethral injury (PFUI) and assess the real effect of factors that are believed to have adverse effects […]