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

Table 2

Surgical outcome per surgery technique (IQR: interquartile range; FFS: failure-free survival; tEPA: transecting excision and primary anastomosis; ntEAP: nontransecting excision and primary anastomosis).

	Total (n=200)	tEPA (n=112)	ntEPA (n=88)	p-value
operation time (mintues); median (IQR)	92 (79-108)	98 (80-115)	87 (71-100)	<0,001
hospital stay (days); median (IQR)	2 (2-3)	3 (2-4)	2 (1-2)	<0,001
extravasation at first cystography; n(%)	12 (6%)	6 (5,4%)	6 (6,8%)	0,768
catheterization time (days); median (IQR)	13 (9-14)	14 (13-15)	9 (8-13)	<0,001
complications; n(%)
none	170 (85%)	100 (89,3%)	70 (79,5%)	0,147
G1	20 (10%)	8 (7,1%)	12 (13,6%)
G2	8 (4%)	3 (2,7%)	5 (5,7%)
G3	2 (1%)	1 (0,9%)	1 (1,1%)
Failure, n(%)	19 (9,5%)	13 (11,6%)	6 (6,8%)	0,333
Estimated failure free survival, % (standard deviation)
1y-FFS	97 (±1,2)%	98,2 (±1,3)%	95,5 (±2,2)%	0,356
3y-FFS	95,2 (±1,6)%	95,5 (±2)%	95,5 (±2,2)%
10y-FFS	85,6 (±3,5)%	86,9 (±3,7)%	NR