Open AccessPD16-11 IS THE LASER MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD? A COMPARATIVE STUDY FOR THE URETHROTOMY
Author(s) -
Coen Holzhauer,
Arjen Kums,
Anita Roelofs,
P.C. Weijerman,
Michael R. van Balken
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1016/j.juro.2016.02.1163
Subject(s) - medicine , urethrotomy , surgery , urethral stricture , general surgery , urethra
Purpose The knife is the most common used instrument for endoscopic urethrotomy. Unfortunately, there are high recurrence rates; it is thought that a laser reduces those rates. We compared the two techniques in this retrospective study.
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