Clinical Assessment of Visual Internal Urethrotomy as Primary Treatment of Urethral Stricture.
- Author:
Geol HUH
1
;
Gyung Woo JUNG
;
Jin Han YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Dong-A University School of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
visual internal urethrotomy;
urethral stricture
- MeSH:
Humans;
Male;
Urethral Stricture*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1996;37(7):798-803
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: We describe clinical assessment of visual internal urethrotomy (VIU) as primary treatment modality in 69 men who presented with complete or partial obstructed urethral stricture. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The 63 patients with partial obstructed urethral stricture were treated by typical VIU. The 6 men with complete obstructed urethral stricture were treated by VIU using sound passed through previously placed suprapubic tract as guide. RESULTS: The procedure was completed successfully in 57 of the 63 men with partial obstructed (90.5%) and 3 of 6 patients with complete obstructed urethral stricture (50%). CONCLUSIONS: VIU is a safe and effective as primary treatment plan when urethral stricture is partial obstructed and the impassable urethral segment is shorter than 1.0cm.
