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Urethral stricturing is a narrowing of the urethral lumen as a result of ischaemic spongiofibrosis. The main challenge of currently available treatment options is recurrence of the stricture.
Naside Mangir, Christopher Chapple
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MRI in patients with urethral stricture: a systematic review
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is gaining acceptance as a diagnostic tool in urethral stricture disease. Numerous publications emphasize on the advantages of MRI including its ability to determine periurethral spongiofibrosis, thus overcoming the main ...
Mikolaj Frankiewicz+4 more
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INTRODUCTION: Incidence of urethral stricture recurrence ranges between 2% to 36.4% with 75% occurring within the first 6 months of surgery. Hence, they need to identify the predictors of recurrence following urethroplasty.
Chimaobi Gideon Ofoha+9 more
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Optilume drug‐coated balloon for anterior urethral stricture: 2‐year results of the ROBUST III trial
The aim of this study is to report the updated 2‐year results of the intervention arm of the ROBUST III randomized trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Optilume drug‐coated balloon (DCB) versus standard endoscopic management of recurrent male ...
M. VanDyke+18 more
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Urethral stricture secondary to urethral injury, afflicting both patients and urologists, is initiated by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix in the submucosal and periurethral tissues.
Juanhua Tian+11 more
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Background: Male urethral stricture is a disease with a high incidence rate. With social-economic development in the developing countries, the trend of etiology and treatment of male urethral stricture changed was speculated.Methods: The clinical data of
Xu Cheng+7 more
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Introduction Endoscopic management of male anterior urethral stricture disease is common; however, repeat treatment is associated with high recurrence rates.
R. Virasoro+6 more
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Fibroblast is the critical repair cell for urethral wound healing. The dysfunction of fibroblasts can lead to excessive fibrosis and hypertrophic scar, which eventually leads to post-traumatic urethral stricture. However, the fibroblast subpopulation and
Kuiqing Li+5 more
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Urethral stricture disease is a very heterogeneous condition where different urethral segments can be involved as a result of diverse etiologies which come with variable prognosis.
G. Mantica+9 more
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