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Vessel-sparing Excision and Primary Anastomosis
Published on: January 7, 2019
[Use of biodegradable stents in treating complex urethral strictures]
Abstract:
Seven men with complex urethral strictures after examination using three-dimentional and echocontrast sonourethrography were subjected to transurethral laser vaporation of the scar tissue in the region of the narrowing, implantation of the biodegradable urethral SR PLGA stents at contra cystourethroscopy. Internal drainage of the urinary bladder with the use of SR-PLGA stents provides protection against exogenous infection and complications of epicystostomic or urethral cathetarization. High informative value, low invasiveness and relative safety of sonourethrography allows one to revise the role of ultrasound investigation in the algorithm of diagnosis and choice of treatment for patients with strictures and obliterations of the urethra.
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