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Surgical Reconstruction of Failed Anterior Urethroplasty

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Urethroplasty has proven to be a cost-effective first-line treatment option for urethral stricture disease. In contemporary series, long-term success rates exceed 90% for anastomotic techniques and 85% for substitution urethroplasty. Urethroplasty failure can often be successfully salvaged with a subsequent reconstructive procedure, the success rates of which approach 80% employing various novel reconstructive techniques.

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  1. Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Adam Miller & Boyd R. Viers

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Miller, A., Morey, A.F., Viers, B.R. (2020). Surgical Reconstruction of Failed Anterior Urethroplasty. In: Martins, F.E., Kulkarni, S.B., Köhler, T.S. (eds) Textbook of Male Genitourethral Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21447-0_18

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