Treatment of Urethral Stricture Disease by Internal Urethrotomy followed by Intermittent ‘Low-Friction’ Self-Catheterization: Preliminary Communication | Zendy

Wendy Lawrence | Zendy; R. MacDonagh | Zendy

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Treatment of Urethral Stricture Disease by Internal Urethrotomy followed by Intermittent ‘Low-Friction’ Self-Catheterization: Preliminary Communication

Author(s) -

Wendy Lawrence,

R. MacDonagh

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107688808100306

Subject(s) - medicine , urethral stricture , surgery , urinary catheterization , urethrotomy , urethra , catheter

The aim of this study was to determine whether the natural course of urethral stricture disease could be modified following urethrotomy by teaching patients intermittent self-catheterization. Preliminary results in 42 patients show that postoperative urine flow rates can be maintained if this method of ‘low-friction’ catheterization is adopted. The technique has been well received by an elderly group of patients and can be recommended for wider use.

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