Abstract
Female urethral stricture disease is often treated with traumatic dilation that leads to a high recurrence rate. There is increasing evidence that, in lieu of repeated dilations, formal urethroplasty should be pursued early in the management of female urethral stricture disease, as it provides a durable and cost-effective cure. This chapter provides an update on the various reported techniques for female urethroplasty that are reported in the surgical literature.
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Baxter, Z.C. (2020). Urethroplasty for Female Urethral Stricture Disease. In: Firoozi, F. (eds) Female Pelvic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28319-3_13
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