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Ten years' single surgeon experience of excision and primary anastomosis urethroplasty for traumatic urethral stricture: an analysis of risk factors for urethral stricture recurrence.
Arch Ital Urol Androl
January 2025
Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Saiful Anwar General Hospital, Malang.
Introduction: Excision and primary anastomosis (EPA) urethroplasty is the standard treatment for traumatic urethral strictures, but managing them remains challenging for urologists. Identifying factors leading to EPA urethroplasty failure benefits both patients and surgeons. This study aims to analyze risk factors for urethral stricture recurrence after one-year follow-up of EPA urethroplasty.
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