Etiology, diagnosis, and management of urethral strictures in children
Scherz, H.C.; Kaplan, G.W.
Urologic Clinics of North America 17(2): 389-394
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-0143 PMID: 2336747 Document Number: 362845
Urethral strictures in children, like those in adults, are problems whose management embodies all that is basic to urology. It is helpful to think of strictures according to etiology: congenital, infectious-inflammatory, and traumatic (iatrogenic and noniatrogenic). The treatment options are diversion (nearly always temporary), manipulation, and repair. The authors also review their research on urethral healing.