Urethral Stricture - Therapeutic Results and Experiences
P. Albers, J. Fichtner, S. C. Müller · Aktuelle Urologie · 1996 · Heft S 1 · S. 104-107
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Summary: Endoscopic urethrotomy is widely used in urethral strictures. We retrospectively analyzed 399 patients primarily treated with internal urethrotomy (follow-up 4.6ys; 9 - 192 ms) to look for prognostic features of stricture recurrence. The total group consisted of 357 patients treated at Mainz University between 1977 and 1989 and 42 patients treated at Bonn University between 1979 and 1981 who were eligible for follow-up studies. Recurrent strictures were seen in 96/357 (27 %) and 12/42 (29 %) patients, respectively. Reasons for strictures were TUR-P (23 %/33 %), transurethral catheterization (11 %/7 %) o…