What is the place of internal urethrotomy in the treatment of urethral stricture disease?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 538-545

  Naudé, André M ^a   Heyns, Chris F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dilation; Stricture; Urethra; Urethroplasty; Urethrotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HALOFUGINONE; MITOMYCIN C;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LONG TERM CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; URETHRA; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 30944441221     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: 17434289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0320     Document Type: Review

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