Open AccessEffect of local steroids on urethral strictures: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Christopher Soliman,
Henry Y.C. Pan,
Clancy Mulholland,
Marc A. Furrer,
Dinesh K. Agarwal,
Nathan Lawrentschuk,
Niranjan Sathianathen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
investigative and clinical urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.653
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2466-054X
pISSN - 2466-0493
DOI - 10.4111/icu.20210391
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , confidence interval , hazard ratio , randomized controlled trial , relative risk , study heterogeneity , surgery
Urethral stricture disease is common and has high associated morbidity and impact on quality-of-life. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to summarise current evidence on the efficacy of local urethral steroids post-direct vision internal urethrotomy (DVIU) for the treatment of urethral strictures in males.