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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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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The Role of Dilation and Internal Urethrotomy as a Risk Factor of Failure in Patients Who Undergoing One-Stage Bulbar Oral Graft Urethroplasty Open Journal of Urology, 2012, 2, 16-19 Abstract: To test the hypothesis if dilation or direct visual internal urethrotomy (DVIU) are predictive of urethroplasty failure. Retrospective study, from 1999 to 2010, including184 […]
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Bacteriologic, histologic and ultrasonographic findings in strictures recurring after urethrotomy. A preliminary study Scand J Urol Nephrol 1995; 29: 193-195. Twelve men with recurrent anterior urethral stricture after endoscopic urethrotomy (2-12 attempts) underwent open urethroplasty with en bloc removal of diseased urethral segments. Bacteriologic and histologic studies of the excised urethral tracts (mucosa and […]
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Long-term outcome of urethroplasty after failed urethrotomy versus primary repair J Urol 2001; 165: 1918-1919. Purpose: A urethral stricture recurring after repeat urethrotomy challenges even a skilled urologist. To address the question of whether to repeat urethrotomy or perform open reconstructive surgery, we retrospectively review a series of 93 patients comparing those who underwent […]