Arif Qayyum, Muhammad Kaleem, Safdar Hussain Baloch, Sohail Hassan, Adil Khursheed.
Results of end to end anastomotic uethroplasty in adult patients of stricture urethera.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;5(1):181-3.

Objective: To see the results of stricture excision and end to end anastomosis of urethra after spatulation in patients with blind urethral stricture. Patients and methods: This study was carried out from September 2006 to November 2010 in the Department of Urology, Nawaz Sharif Social Security Teaching Hospital Lahore. Twenty male patients, age above 16 years having blind stricture of bulbar or membranous urethra equal to or less than 2cm were included in the study. Patients with stricture >2cm, patients of stricture with neurogenic bladder and patients with malignant strictures were excluded from the study. Median follow-up was 2.5 years and minimum follow-up was one year. Results: Twenty patients of blind urethral stricture with age range 20-44 years were treated. There was good result in 14 patients (70%), fair in 4 patients (20%) and in 2 patients (10%) urethroplasty failed. Overall success rate was 90%. Conclusion: Excellent results can be expected from anastomotic urethroplasty in patients with blind stricture of bulbar or membranous urethra.

PakMediNet -Pakistan's largest Database of Pakistani Medical Journals - http://www.pakmedinet.com