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Post prostatectomy bladder neck contractures.

J P Elliott·J O Gordon·J W Evans·L O Platt·W H Milam
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An 8% and 7% incidence of bladder neck contractures (BNC) requiring relief by transurethral incisions (TUI), (124) was found after review of 1471 TURP's and 71 retropubic prostatectomies. Prevention of BNC was attempted by leaving a one centimeter strip at the time of TURP (62), incising the bladder neck alone (42), or incising the bladder neck and interureteric ridge (65). Bladder neck obstruction occurred in 4.8% of the strips, 14% of the incised bladder necks only, and 3% of the incised bladder neck and contiguous interureteric ridges. A significant cost savings is possible.

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J P Elliott, J O Gordon, J W Evans, L O Platt, W H Milam. 1991. Post prostatectomy bladder neck contractures.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2041040/

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