Excision and Primary Anastomosis for Short Bulbar Strictures: Is It Safe to Change from the Transecting towards the Nontransecting Technique?

Table 1

Patient and stricture characteristics (IQR: interquartile range; tEPA: transecting excision and primary anastomosis; ntEPA: nontransecting excision and primary anastomosis).

	Total (n=200)	tEPA (n=112)	ntEPA (n=88)	p-value
age (years); median (IQR)	49 (32-65)	49 (34-66)	47 (30-64)	0,216
follow-up (months); median (IQR)	76 (32-122)	118 (93-148)	32 (17-57)	<0,001
stricture length (cm); median (IQR)	1,5 (1-2)	1,5 (1-2)	1,25 (1-2)	0,004
diabetes; n(%)	11 (5,5%)	6 (5,4%)	5 (5,7%)	1
presence of suprapubic catheter; n(%)	44 (22%)	29 (25,9%)	15 (17%)	0,169
previous urethroplasty; n(%)	37 (18,5%)	19 (17%)	18 (20,5%)	0,584
etiology; n(%)
idiopathic/congenital	102 (51%)	52 (46,4%)	50 (56,8%)	0,508
iatrogenic	72 (36%)	43 (38,4%)	29 (33%)
external trauma	20 (10%)	13 (11,6%)	7 (8%)
inflammatory	6 (3%)	4 (3,6%)	2 (2,3%)