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Urethral Stricture Following Aortic Graft Surgery
Author(s) -
FERRIE B. G.,
GROOME J.,
KIRK D.
Publication year - 1989
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.1989.tb05979.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , urethral stricture , incidence (geometry) , urethra , physics , optics
Summary— The incidence of urethral stricture following aortic graft surgery was investigated retrospectively in a group of 127 men. They had been catheterised prior to their operation with latex catheters. One man had been treated for a stricture 9 months after his operation. Information about post‐operative urinary symptoms was obtained from a further 94 surviving patients by postal questionnaires sent at least 12 months following surgery. Eight patients underwent urological review including, where indicated, urethrography under antibiotic cover; 3 patients were identified with urethral strictures, an incidence of 3.2%. This is similar to that occurring after cardiac surgery, and urethral strictures should be considered a hazard whenever catheters are used in surgical procedures.