Commentary

Surgical Treatment of Urethral Stricture

Authors: ROBERT M. ALEXANDER MD, JAMES J. SPADARO JR., MD, JOHN R. STRIPLING MD, JOSEPH A. LaNASA JR., MD, LOUIS S. OZOG MD, GILBERT C. TOMSKEY MD

Abstract

ABSTRACTWe reviewed 59 cases of urethral stricture disease treated at Charity Hospital of Louisiana in New Orleans from 1965 to 1975 to determine whether surgery was a feasible alternative to repeated urethral dilatations. Five different surgical procedures were done: internal urethrotomy, Johanson-Leadbetter, patch-graft, Turner-Warwick, and dismembered technics. Results of internal urethrotomy were poor, but the other procedures had an overall success of 72%.

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