Current trends in urethral stricture management

Asian Journal of Urology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-54

  Hillary, Christopher J ^a   Osman, Nadir I ^a   Chapple, Christopher R ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder outflow obstruction; Buccal mucosa graft; Lichen sclerosus; Pelvic fracture; Stricture; Urethral injury; Urethral stricture; Urethroplasty

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SYMPTOM INDEX; ANASTOMOTIC URETHROPLASTY; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; AUGMENTATION URETHROPLASTY; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CYSTOSCOPY; DIRECT VISUAL INTERNAL URETHROTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FIBROBLAST; FLAP URETHROPLASTY; GOLD STANDARD; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENOBULBAR STRICTURE; PERINEUM INJURY; PREPUCE; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROGRADE URETHROGRAPHY; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETHRA; URETHRA INJURY; URETHRA STENOSIS; URETHRAL STENT; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROTOMY; UROFLOWMETRY; VESICO URETHAL ANASTOMOTIC STENOSIS;

EID: 85014870645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22143890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajur.2015.04.005     Document Type: Review

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