Advances in Urology
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 150315, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/150315
Research Article

Adult Urethral Stricture Disease after Childhood Hypospadias Repair

Shou-Hung Tang,1 Clarisa C. Hammer,2 Leo Doumanian,3 and Richard A. Santucci3

1Department of Urology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Neihu, Taipei 114, Taiwan
2Department of Surgery, St. John Oakland Hospital, Madison Heights, MI 48071, USA
3Center for Urologic Reconstruction, Detroit Receiving Hospital, University Health Center, MI 48201, USA

Received 26 March 2008; Accepted 6 August 2008

Academic Editor: Miroslav L. Djordjevic

Copyright © 2008 Shou-Hung Tang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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