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Predictors Of Recurrence Of Urethral Stricture Disease Following Optical Urethrotomy, Ali Akbar Zehri, M. H. Ather, Q. Afshan
Predictors Of Recurrence Of Urethral Stricture Disease Following Optical Urethrotomy, Ali Akbar Zehri, M. H. Ather, Q. Afshan
Faculty of Health Sciences, East Africa
Objective:
To assess the predictors of recurrence in Optical urethrotomy (OU) for male urethral strictures.
Methods: 148 male patients treated with OU with intent to treat during the period of January 2003– December 2008 were included in the study. Charts were reviewed for demographics, cause of stricture, stricture length and need for ancillary procedure following OU. The time to recurrence following OU was noted. All patients were evaluated postoperatively with uroflowmetry monthly for the first 3 months, every 3 months during year 1 and every 6 months during year 2. After year 2 most patients were followed annually.
Results:
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