Management of urethral strictures
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Management of Anterior Urethral Strictures
Anterior urethral strictures affect the male urethra between the tip of the penis and the apex of the prostate. These form the bulk of urethral strictures in men. The common causes for urethral strictures seem to be idiopathic or related to instrumentation of the urethra. Clinically, patients have varying obstructive symptoms associated with the progressive narrowing of the urethral lumen. Trea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.042945