Clinical Study
Visual Internal Urethrotomy for Adult Male Urethral Stricture Has Poor Long-Term Results
Table 2
Urethrotomy and stricture-free rate.
| Number of urethrotomies | Stricture-free rate | Median time to failure (months) | Number of stricture-free patients | Total number of patients (%) |
| First | 12.1% | 8 (95% CI 7.1 to 8.9) | 17 | 140 (46.5%) | Second | 7.9% | 10 (95% CI 9.4 to 10.6) | 8 | 101 (33.6%) | Third | 0% | 9 (95% CI 7.3 to 10.7) | 0 | 27 (9%) | Fourth | 0% | 12 (95% CI 10.4 to 13.6) | 0 | 25 (8.3%) | Fifth | 0% | 10 (95% CI 6.3 to 13.7) | 0 | 9 (3%) | Overall | 8.3% |
10 (95% CI 9.5 to 10.5) | 25 | 301 (100%) |
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