A Comparative Study of Visual Internal Urethrotomy and Perineal Urethroplasty in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Urethral Strictures.
- Author:
Young Seok CHOI
1
;
Joon RHO
;
Dae Su JANG
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Comparative Study ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Posttraumatic urethral stricture;
Visual internal urethrotomy
- MeSH:
Constriction, Pathologic;
Equidae;
Humans;
Recurrence;
Urethral Stricture*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1995;36(10):1135-1141
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The outcomes of treatment of 31 patients who were managed by single visual internal urethrotomy were compared with those of 25 patients managed by perineal urethroplasty to asses whether the replacement of almost urethroplasty by the simpler urethrotomy was justified. The overall successful results were achieved in 51.6% of visual internal urethrotomy and 76%, of urethroplasty. Patients with anterior urethral strictures more than 1 cm long or completely obliterated strictures had higher failure rates in the visual internal urethrotomy than urethroplasty (p<0.05). The morbidity rates were 9.6% in the visual internal urethrotomy and 24% in the urethroplasty. We recommend that visual internal urethrotomy be reserved for patients with urethral strictures 1 cm or less in length and posterior urethral stricture which is supposed to have a high recurrence rate since the procedure is simple and it does not compromise asecondary urethroplasty.
