Successful treatment of recurrent vesicourethral stricture after radical prostatectomy with holmium laser: Report of three cases

We report three cases with severe anastomotic strictures, which recurred several times after radical prostatectomy despite repeated treatments of urethral dilation, internal urethrotomy and/or transurethral resection. All three cases were finally treated with holmium laser successfully without any i...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of urology 2005-04, Vol.12 (4), p.414-416
Hauptverfasser: HAYASHI, TETSUO, YOSHINAGA, ATSUSHI, OHNO, RENA, ISHII, NOBUYUKI, WATANABE, TORU, YAMADA, TAKUMI, KIHARA, KAZUNORI
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Zusammenfassung:We report three cases with severe anastomotic strictures, which recurred several times after radical prostatectomy despite repeated treatments of urethral dilation, internal urethrotomy and/or transurethral resection. All three cases were finally treated with holmium laser successfully without any intraoperative or postoperative complications after repeated failures of each treatment. There were two specific characteristics in these three cases: the early onset of the stricture and the pinhole opening located on the top (12‐o’clock) of the stricture wall.
ISSN:0919-8172
1442-2042
DOI:10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01053.x