RE-OPERATIVE URETHROPLASTY, A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Jack W. McAninch, Sarah D. Blaschko, Benjamin N. Breyer

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Archivos Españoles de Urología ›› 2014, Vol. 67 ›› Issue (1) : 138-141.
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RE-OPERATIVE URETHROPLASTY, A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

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OBJECTIVES: Limited articles are publis-hed on re-operative urethroplasty outcomes. We soughtto perform a systematic review of re-operative urethro-plasty articles over the past fifteen years.METHODS: A systematic review was performed on Pub-Med using the search terms “Urethra” AND “SurgicalProcedures, Operative” OR “Urethroplasty”.RESULTS: Five articles out of 3,541 articles identifiedbetween 1998 and 2012 specifically addressed re-operative urethroplasty patients. A total of 212 patientswere included in these five studies. Re-operative urethro-plasty success rates ranged from 35% to 84%. Successrates were higher in the two studies with over 40 pa-tients and ranged from 78-84%.CONCLUSION: Limited studies address re-operativeurethroplasty outcomes. Success rates for re-operationare lower than those for initial urethroplasty procedures.Overall, studies with a higher number of patients had anincreased success rate

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Urethroplasty / Re-operation / Systema-tic review / Urethal surgery

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Jack W. McAninch , Sarah D. Blaschko , Benjamin N. Breyer. RE-OPERATIVE URETHROPLASTY, A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Archivos Españoles de Urología. 2014, 67(1): 138-141

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