Management of adult anterior urethral stricture disease: Nationwide survey among urologists in the netherlands

European Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Van Leeuwen, Menno A ^a   Brandenburg, Jacob J ^b   Kok, Esther T ^a   Vijverberg, Peter L M ^b   Bosch, J L H Ruud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Stricture; Treatment; Urethra; Urethroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR URETHRAL STRICTURE; ARTICLE; BULBAR STRICTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CYSTOSCOPY; DIRECT VISION INTERNAL URETHROTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOURETHRAL STENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXCISION AND PRIMARY ANASTOMOSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN GRAFT; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHRA SURGERY; URETHRAL CATHETER; URETHRAL DILATATION; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROTOMY; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGY;

EID: 79957958072     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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