Comparative study between thulium laser and cold knife visual urethrotomy for treatment of short bulbomembranous urethral stricture.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The classical way to treat urethral stricture is the direct vision cold knife internal urethrotomy (DVIU). Along with advances in laser technology, laser urethrotomy is widely used, such as neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet, argon, potassium titanyl phosphate, and thulium laser. We aimed to compare thulium laser urethrotomy (TLU) and cold knife visual urethrotomy (CKVU) in terms of short bulbomembranous urethral stricture management.

Materials and methods

This prospective interventional study was conducted for 24 months, from January 2018 to January 2020, on 60 patients with primary short bulbo-membranous urethral stricture who came to the Department of Urology of Al-Azhar University Hospital, New Damietta, Egypt. We divided these patients into 2 age-match

SUBMITTER: Rehan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9439830 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature