Repeat transurethral manipulation of bulbar urethral strictures is associated with increased stricture complexity and prolonged disease duration

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1691-1695

  Hudak, Steven J ^a   Atkinson, Timothy H ^a   Morey, Allen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

grafts; treatment failure; urethra; urethral stenosis; urethral stricture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULBAR URETHRAL STRICTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DILATATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRA; URETHRAL STRICTURE;

EID: 84859521247     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.12.074     Document Type: Article

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