The Safety and Efficacy of Optical Urethrotomy Using a Spongiosum Block With Sedation: A Comparative Nonrandomized Study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2134-2138

  Ather, M Hammad ^a   Zehri, Ali Akbar ^a   Soomro, Kashifuddin ^a   Nazir, Irfan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

anesthesia; local; pain; penis; urethra; urethral stricture

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OPERATION DURATION; OPTICAL URETHROTOMY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS GLANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SAFETY; SEDATION; SPONGIOSUM BLOCK; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049093168     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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