The Benefits of Using a Small Caliber Ureteroscope in Evaluation and Management of Urethral Stricture

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Mean age	49 (22–78)
Etiology
Instrumentation	17% (13)
1. catheter	10.5% (8)
2. lichen scleroses	20% (15)
3. Failed hypospadias	12% (9)
4. infectious	2.5% (2)
5. idiopathic	38% (29)
6. mean stricture length	6.3 cm (1–16)
Stricture location
1. bulbar	57% (43)
2. penile	17% (13)
3. pan-urethral	26% (20)
Previous direct visual urethrotomy (DVIU)	71% (54)
Mean DVIU	1.6 (0–5)
Previous urethroplasty	26.3% (20)
Patients on self-dilation	35.5% (27)
Decision changed after urethroscopy	17% (13)
Successful urethroplasty	89% (68)
Percentage of near obliterative stricture <4.5 Fr	11% (8)
Percentage of stricture >4.5 Fr and <6.5 Fr	26% (20)