Urethrotomy Articles

To evaluate the long-term success rate of direct vision internal urethrotomy as a treatment for anterior urethral strictures.

We retrospectively analyzed the results for patients who underwent internal urethrotomy from January 2009 to January 2014 for anterior urethral strictures.

We retrospectively reviewed the urethral stricture cases treated in our tertiary center, and assessed the safety and feasibility of the high-pressure balloon dilation (HPBD) technique for anterior urethral stricture.

Urethral stenosis is a disease in which the lumen of the urethra becomes constricted by fibrosis. Such stenoses have been treated by urethral dilation using a bougie and optical internal urethrotomy (OIU).

We investigated the success rate of different surgical techniques for bulbar stricture repair.

Retrospective study of patients with bulbar urethral strictures treated using different techniques.