Treatment of Recurrent Urethral Strictures Using Clean I ntermittent Self‐catheterisation
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Urology
- Vol. 68 (1), 89-92
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.1991.tb15262.x
Abstract
The treatment of urethral strictures has been greatly improved by the use of the optical urethrotome. However, there remains a group of patients with recurrent strictures for whom the alternatives remain long-term dilatation/urethrotomy or urethroplasty. Over the last 3 years we have treated 65 such patients using clean intermittent self-catheterisation as a method of self-dilatation. This has resulted in a dramatic decrease in the number of operations performed on these patients, with no significant reduction in urinary flow rate over an average follow-up period of 20 months. The method offers the possibility of long-term cure and should be offered to all all such patients, reducing still further the number of patients who require urethroplasty.Keywords
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