Clinical experience of treatment of urethral stricture
Tan, L.B.; Chiang, C.P.; Huang, C.H.; Chou, Y.H.; Wang, C.J.; Lou, L.H.
Gaoxiong Yi Xue Ke Xue Za Zhi 5(4): 201-205
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0257-5655 PMID: 2769825 Document Number: 334247
The records of 53 patients treated for urethral stricture at Kaohsiung Medical College Hospital over a 8-year period were reviewed. Young men those affected and trauma appeared to have been the most frequent etiological cause. Of the 53 patients 12 were treated by filiform bougienations, 33 were treated by metal sound bougienation, and 8 underwent a pull-through technique. Good results were noted in 29 cases (54.7%), fair in 10 (18.9%) and poor results in 14 (26.4%). When the results were analyzed according to the method of treatment, poor results were most common among those who had underwent the pull-through technique and the metal sound bougienation as compared to filiform dilation group.