2014•PubMedRequires access
[Therapeutic effect of regular urethral dilatation on patients with postoperative urethral stricture].
Yonglin Li, Dongjie Li, Zhi Chen, Liang Huang, Ke Huang, Jie Zhou, Benmin Gao, Junjie Chen, Zhengyan Tang
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the therapeutic effect of regular urethral dilatation on patients with postoperative urethral stricture. METHODS: A total of 142 patients underwent urethral stricture. The unimproved patients after the surgery were divided into a reoperation group and a regular urethral dilatation group. All the patients were followed up for 1-3 months, and the curative effect was compared. RESULTS: Of the 142 patients, 42 had no improvement and 27 of them had reoperation, and symptoms in 21 were improved. Another 15 patients received regular urethral dilatation, and 5 improved. There was significant difference between the 2 groups (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Regular urethral dilatation has some effect on postoperative patients, but no obvious effect on patients with dissatisfied operation for urethral stricture or restenosis.