Panurethral and complex urethral strictures. Reconstruction in several steps: current techniques and indications
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Panurethral and complex urethral strictures. Reconstruction in several steps: current techniques and indications. / Kluth, L A; Riechardt, S; Reiss, C P; Dahlem, R; Fisch, M.
In: ARCH ESP UROL, Vol. 67, No. 1, 2014, p. 104-110.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Panurethral and complex urethral strictures. Reconstruction in several steps: current techniques and indications
AU - Kluth, L A
AU - Riechardt, S
AU - Reiss, C P
AU - Dahlem, R
AU - Fisch, M
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Patients with panurethral and complex urethral strictures after failed urethral reconstruction due to strictures and hypospadias repair is a rare but challenging condition. Contemporary surgical techniques include one and two staged urethroplasties using different graft substitutes (i.e., buccal mucosa) or full thickness skin grafts (i.e., from the inner thigh(, thereby providing satisfactory results with reducing the re-stricture rate in these patients. However, all current techniques do so at the expense of higher revision rates and thus requiring multiple procedures. Studies investigating the outcomes of reconstruction in panurethral and complex urethral strictures often have heterogeneous patient cohorts including children and adults, different underlying causes, and different techniques, thus allowing only limited interpretation of the published data. In the field of urethral reconstruction, where personal experience and expertise presents an accepted necessity, however, leading to rather small single center studies,only well-designed randomized clinical trials can truly answer the question of which technique will be advantageous in these patients.
AB - Patients with panurethral and complex urethral strictures after failed urethral reconstruction due to strictures and hypospadias repair is a rare but challenging condition. Contemporary surgical techniques include one and two staged urethroplasties using different graft substitutes (i.e., buccal mucosa) or full thickness skin grafts (i.e., from the inner thigh(, thereby providing satisfactory results with reducing the re-stricture rate in these patients. However, all current techniques do so at the expense of higher revision rates and thus requiring multiple procedures. Studies investigating the outcomes of reconstruction in panurethral and complex urethral strictures often have heterogeneous patient cohorts including children and adults, different underlying causes, and different techniques, thus allowing only limited interpretation of the published data. In the field of urethral reconstruction, where personal experience and expertise presents an accepted necessity, however, leading to rather small single center studies,only well-designed randomized clinical trials can truly answer the question of which technique will be advantageous in these patients.
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 24531677
VL - 67
SP - 104
EP - 110
JO - ARCH ESP UROL
JF - ARCH ESP UROL
SN - 0004-0614
IS - 1
ER -