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Comparative Study
. 1983;17(1):1-4.
doi: 10.3109/00365598309179772.

Treatment of urethral stricture by urethroplasty or direct vision urethrotomy. A comparative retrospective study

M Ruutu, O Alfthan, C G Standertskjöld-Nordenstam, T Lehtonen
Comparative Study

Treatment of urethral stricture by urethroplasty or direct vision urethrotomy. A comparative retrospective study

M Ruutu et al. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1983.

Abstract

The outcome of treatment for urethral stricture is evaluated in two groups of patients in a retrospective study: 51 patients were treated with urethroplasty and 41 with direct vision urethrotomy. The groups did not differ greatly as regards primary success. It was 59% in the urethroplasty group and 61% in the urethrotomy group. This favours the view that the primary treatment of a urethral stricture should be direct vision urethrotomy whenever possible.

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