Managing many patients with a urethral stricture: A cost-benefit analysis of treatment options

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 741-744

  Ogbonna, B C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b Windhoek Central Hospital   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Management; Urethral strictures; Urethrotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; URETHRA DILATATION; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRAL STRICTURE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031845246     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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