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

Table 5

Uni-and multivariate Cox regression analysis to predict for failure (HR: Hazard Ratio; CI: confidentiality interval; tEPA: transecting excision and primary anastomosis; ntEPA: nontransecting excision and primary anastomosis).

	Univariate			Multivariate
	HR	95% CI	p-value	HR	95% CI	p-value
type of urethroplasty (tEPA vs ntEPA)	0,593	0,193-1,822	0,361	0,671	0,212-2,122	0,497
previous urethroplasty (no versus yes)	0,368	0,139-0,973	0,044	0,355	0,130-0,970	0,043
suprapubic catheter (no versus yes)	1,613	0,469-5,539	0,448	1,468	0,409-5,259	0,556
Stricture length	0,784	0,383-1,605	0,505	0,743	0,340-1,623	0,456
diabetes (no versus yes)	0,185	0,053-0,651	0,009	0,165	0,046-0,596	0,006