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OUTCOME OF OPTICAL INTERNAL URETHROTOMY FOR SHORT SEGMENT BULBAR STRICTURES

Pitchaibalashanmugam Karrupiah, Rajaraman Thiagarajan, Govindarajan Periasamy

Abstract


Optical internal urethrotomy is a commonly done procedure for stricture urethra disease.1 We evaluated the predictors of outcome of opti-cal internal urethrotomy for short segment bulb-ar urethral stricture in our institution. Patients with percentage narrowing of less than 60% on Retrograde Urethrogram had a better outcome than patients who had a percentage narrowing of more than 60% ( p-value 0.001**). Alternate procedure should be considered in any case with findings of narrowing more than 60% in stricture urethra.

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