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Bladder Neck Contracture Following Prostatectomy
Author(s) -
SIKAFI Z.,
BUTLER M. R.,
LANE V.,
O'FLYNN J. D.,
FITZPATRICK J. M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1985.tb06351.x
Subject(s) - medicine , contracture , neck of urinary bladder , prostatectomy , surgery , urology , resection , incidence (geometry) , complication , urinary bladder neck obstruction , urinary bladder , prostate , bladder outlet obstruction , optics , physics , cancer
Summary— In an 11‐year period, 49 patients developed bladder neck contracture after prostatectomy—an incidence of 0.86%. This complication was found to be more common after resection of small fibrous hyperplastic prostates. The best results for treatment of the contracture were obtained after bladder neck incision, which gave a 9% incidence of recurrence; after transurethral resection of the bladder neck contracture the recurrence rate was 46%, and after bladder neck dilatation it rose to 100%.