Endoscopic antegrade laser incision in the treatment of urethral stricture

Direct vision internal urethrotomy by using endoscopic scissors

“…RGU was normal in all patients at the third month postoperatively. The mean follow-up was 8.1 months (range [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. During the followup, three (14.2 %) patients underwent second DVIU due to recurrence.…”

“…In the laser DVIU, different lasers are used for incision of urethral stricture. The major advantage of laser is clean cutting combined with hemostasis [1,2,[10][11][12]. However, laser technology is expensive, and it is not available in all centers.…”

Application of endoscopic Ho:YAG laser incision technique treating urethral strictures and urethral atresias in pediatric patients

“…However, multiple incisions might be needed for those long lesions. In these cases, Matsuoka et al [8] suggested that the incisions at the 10-o'clock and 2-o'clock directions should be made. In our series, the incisions at 12, 4, 8-o'clock directions were made, which obtained satisfying results.…”

Çocuk Ürolojisi'nde Lazer Kullanımı

“…Klasik soğuk bıçakla yapılan internal üretrotomiye göre daha az yeniden daralma ve fibrozis oranları elde etmek amacıyla birçok lazer tipi ile çalışmalar yapılmıştır (18)(19)(20) Lazer tipleri arasında Holmium lazer, dokularca enerjisi en az abzorbe edildiği için (0.5 mm), en az skar formasyonu oluşumuna sebep olur ve bu da rekürrens oluşumunu azaltır (21,22).…”