Adjuvant home urethral balloon dilation for the recalcitrant urethral stricture

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 818-821

  Levine, Laurence A ^a   Engebrecht, Brian P ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Urethral stricture; Urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY;

EID: 0030872533     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64326-X     Document Type: Article

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