PubMed · 7199362
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V S Ambike. 1982. Railroad dilators.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.1982.tb13519.x
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Urethral dilatation and urethrotomy can be effective treatments of the stricture disease in selected patients when the spongy tissue is not severely damaged. In the few reports comparing urethrotomy and dilatation, results are not significantly different. A long term followup is mandatory in assessing the outcome of treatment of urethral strictures. Characteristics of the stricture as location, length, caliber, number, and previous failed treatments allow to select the best therapeutical option. After the failure of the first instrumentation, repeated procedures are not curative.
Supra-hepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) obstruction is an unusual complication following an orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and is seen more often in hepatic regrafts. Dilatation of these stenotic lesions and the use of endovascular stents has been described in the past. Although the results of this technique are unquestionably superior to surgical correction, their use in the very early post-operative period is not without danger. Herein we describe a case where this modality was used successfully within 24 h of an OLT.
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