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Long‐term Results of Carbon Dioxide Laser Treatment of Meatal Condylomata Acuminata
Author(s) -
KROGH J.,
BEUKE H.P.,
MISKOWIAK J.,
LICHTENBERG M. HONNENS,
NIELSEN O. S.
Publication year - 1990
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.1990.tb14832.x
Subject(s) - carbon dioxide laser , medicine , surgery , cure rate , meatal stenosis , urethra , laser , laser surgery , optics , physics , urethroplasty
Summary— A group of 74 men who underwent carbon dioxide laser treatment of meatal condylomata were observed for an average of 18 months. The cure rate after 1 treatment of isolated meatal lesions was 78%; the presence of external lesions lowered the rate to 32% and additional external and urethral warts to 25%. Following multiple treatments all but 6 patients were cured; 83% of the recurrences developed within 3 months. One urethral and 6 meatal strictures occurred more than 3 months after treatment; 9 patients had a spraying stream many years after treatment and 2 complained of frequency.