Outpatient treatment for male urethral strictures - Dilatation versus internal urethrotomy

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 125-130

  Steenkamp, J W ^a   Heyns, C F ^a   De Kock, M L S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; URETHRA; URETHRA STRICTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; DILATATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; URETHRA; URETHRAL STRICTURE;

EID: 0031196461     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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