INTERNAL OPTIC URETHROTOMY IN URETHRAL STRICTURES COMPLICATES SUBSEQUENT RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY


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The results of open reconstructive operations performed in 86 patients with traumatic urethral stricture show that the efficacy of these operations and frequency of complications are lower in using urethroplasty as a primary treatment while primary internal optic urethrotomy significantly reduces possibility of effective surgery without complications.

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