PURPOSE We evaluated the success rate of direct vision internal urethrotomy as a treatment for simple male urethral strictures. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed on 136 patients who underwent urethrotomy from January 1994 through March 2009. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze stricture-free probability after the first, second, third, fourth and fifth ur...

introduction: male urethral stricture is a complicated urologic disease that could be successfully treated using internal urethrotomy. laser internal urethrotomy has been used in many cases with favorable outcome in many studies. holmium: yag laser with its incisional properties on tissue is one of the laser types applied for internal urethrotomy. methods: we present a 19 year-old male with his...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term success rate of direct vision internal urethrotomy as a treatment for anterior urethral strictures. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the results for patients who underwent internal urethrotomy from January 2009 to January 2014 for anterior urethral strictures. Patients were followed till January 2016. Patients with complicated urethral stri...

Urethral stricture is a common condition that can lead to serious complications such as urinary infections and renal insufficiency secondary to urinary retention. Treatment options include catheterization, urethroplasty, endoscopic internal urethrotomy, and dilation. Optical internal urethrotomy offers faster recovery, minimal scarring, and less risk of infection, although recurrence is possibl...

Objectives. To compare the outcome of dorsal buccal mucosal graft (BMG) substitution urethroplasty by dorsal urethrotomy approach with ventral urethrotomy approach in management of stricture urethra. Methods and Materials. A total of 40 patients who underwent dorsal BMG substitution urethroplasty were randomized into two groups. 20 patients underwent dorsal onlay BMG urethroplasty as described ...

BACKGROUND Management of posterior urethral injuries with pelvic fracture remains a major controversy and has always been a challenge to urologists. Objective of this study was to see the outcome of optical internal urethrotomy in treatment of urethral strictures following fracture pelvis. METHODS This prospective study was conducted at the Urology Department, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar ...

Objective. To determine the long-term stricture-free rate after visual internal urethrotomy following initial and follow-up urethrotomies. Methods. The records of all male patients who underwent direct visual internal urethrotomy for urethral stricture disease in our hospital between July 2004 and May 2012 were reviewed. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze stricture-free probability aft...

INTRODUCTION Our aim was to evaluate the results of early versus delayed internal urethrotomy for management of recurrent urethral strictures after posterior urethroplasty in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty boys with proven posterior urethral strictures were treated by perineal posterior urethroplasty. Of these, 12 required internal urethrotomy. Each radiograph demonstrated a patent bu...

There are many ways to skin a cat. An “index” 2 cm bulbar urethral stricture can be well-treated with an anastomotic technique, with ventral or dorsal buccal urethroplasty, or with direct vision internal urethrotomy. However, urethrotomy has the most limited use. Most experts think direct internal urethrotomy should be reserved for those patients not previously treated, or who are unwilling or ...