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Urethral strictures.
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Urethral strictures are common and increasingly common in an ageing population. The treatment is controversial and particularly the relative roles of urethrotomy or urethral dilatation on the one hand and urethroplasty on the other. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject including less commonly discussed issu...
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Male urethral stricture is one of the oldest known urologic diseases, and continues to be a common and challenging urologic condition. Our objective was to review all contemporary and historial articles on the topic of dilation, internal urethrotomy, and stenting of male anterior urethral strictures. An extensive review of the scientific literature concerning anterior urethral urethrotomy/dilat...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: THE JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR LASER SURGERY AND MEDICINE
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0288-6200
DOI: 10.2530/jslsm1980.13.supplement_81