Therapeutic Effect of Internal Urethrotomy in Post-traumatic Complete Urethral Stricture / 대한비뇨기과학회지
Korean Journal of Urology
;
: 1061-1064, 2002.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-67488
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Visual internal urethrotomy is a standard therapy for incomplete urethral stricture, and may also be a reasonable initial treatment for a complete urethral stricture of less than 1cm. However, it has not yet been determined which length is most suitable for an internal urethrotomy of a complete urethral stricture. To answer this question, we retrospectively assessed the success rate and complications of an internal urethrotomy as an initial treatment for a complete urethral stricture. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Between January 1991 and December 2000, an internal urethrotomy was performed on 28 patients for a complete urethral stricture. A primary successful result was defined as; a patient requiring only one operation, and a peak flow rate of more than 15ml/s. A secondary successful result was defined as; no recurrences within six months, and peak flow rate of more than 15ml/s.1,2RESULTS:
A primary successful result was seen in 73.3 and 15.4% of patients, with a urethral stricture of less than, and greater than 2cm, respectively. A secondary successful result was seen in 100 and 92.3% of the patients with a urethral stricture of less than (average number of operation 1.4 times), and greater than 2cm (average number of operation 2.8 times), respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
In this study, we found that a visual internal urethrotomy might be considered, not only as an initial method of treatment when a complete urethral stricture is less than 2cm, but also as a possible method of treatment when a stricture is more than 2cm.
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Main subject:
Recurrence
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Urethral Stricture
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Retrospective Studies
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Constriction, Pathologic
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Urology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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