Stricture staging, alternative grafts are reconstruction highlights
A new staging system for anterior urethral strictures and alternatives to oral mucosa grafts will be among the key research findings in trauma/reconstruction at the upcoming AUA annual meeting, says a leader in this urology subspecialty.
This article is part of the State of Urology 2013
A new staging system for anterior urethral strictures and alternatives to oral mucosa grafts will be among the key research findings in trauma/reconstruction at the upcoming AUA annual meeting, says a leader in this urology subspecialty.
Allen F. Morey, MD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, recommends that urologists watch for these six abstracts:
1: Identifying patients at risk for complications of urethral stricture: the effect of age and stricture length
Keith Rourke
7: Anastomic reconstruction of radiotherapy induced posterior urethral stenosis
Lee C. Zhao
8: Continence Outcomes After Treatment of Recalcitrent Postprostatectomy Bladder Neck Contracture
Christopher Brede
377: Management of hypospadias cripples with two-staged Bracka technique: Functional results in the long-term follow-up
Silke Riechardt
378: Reliability of a new staging system for anterior urethral strictures
Rajveer S. Purohit
381: Alternative Oral Mucosa Grafts
Paul Bradley
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