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6498439

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
In a preliminary retrospective study, we found that 37% of patients about to undergo a transurethral resection of the prostate had an external meatus too small to admit a 26 F resectoscope sheath. In a prospective study, a formal meatotomy was compared with an Otis urethrotomy for patients with a narrow meatus. This study was stopped because 71% of cases having a meatotomy developed strictures compared with 29% having an internal urethrotomy. In a further study of 59 patients, regular self-dilatation of the cut meatus with a plastic spigot was compared with internal urethrotomy of the meatus alone. Seven per cent of cases having self-dilatation developed strictures compared with 34% having internal urethrotomy. It was concluded that in those patients with a narrow external meatus meatotomy should not be carried out, but self-dilatation following internal urethrotomy greatly reduces the incidence of meatal strictures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0007-1331
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
202-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
The meatal problem with TUR prostate: the value of post-operative self-dilatation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article