Affiliation:
1. NEVŞEHİR DEVLET HASTANESİ
2. Afyonkarahisar Devlet Hastanesi
Abstract
Purpose: In addition to the known etiological and predisposing factors of urethral stricture, we aimed to examine unknown and not clearly defined factors.
Materials and Methods: Medical records of 317 patients who underwent visual internal urethrotome (VIU) surgery in our clinic between 2017 and 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. The effect of other parameters on the total number of VIU operations was investigated. Additionally, the factors affecting the total strictural segment length of urethra and stricture localization were investigated.
Results: The presence of history of endourological surgery and history of cardiovascular disease were independently associated with a higher number of VIU operations (p
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