Management of anterior urethral stricture: An evidence-based approach

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 453-458

  Mangera, Altaf ^a   Chapple, Christopher ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anastomotic urethroplasty; substitution urethroplasty; urethral stricture; urethroplasty; urethrotomy

Indexed keywords

CYSTOSCOPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROTOMY;

ALGORITHMS; DILATATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; STENTS; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78049274190     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32833ee8d5     Document Type: Review

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