Therapeutic effect of internal urethrotomy / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Forty nine endoscopic internal urethrotomy was performed on 37 patients with urethral stricture(including 12 patients of complete obstruction) during 8 years from 1984 to 1991. The results were as follows 1.Internal urethrotomy can be performed under local anesthesia. 2. It can be repeated if necessary. 3. Complications were minimal. the overall morbidity rate was 16.2%. 4. Satisfactory results were obtained in 89.2% of the patients. Success rate was nearly 100% the case of short length of stricture. Success rate in the case of complete stricture was 75%. 5. As a prognostic factor, the length of stricture was more important than the severity of stricture. 6. When carefully performed, this procedure is highly valuable for the primary management of any type of urethral stricture.