@article{Afridi_Khan_Nazeem_Hussain_Ahmad_Aman_2011, title={INTERMITTENT URETHRAL SELF DILATATION FOR PREVENTION OF RECURRENT STRICTURE}, volume={24}, url={https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1076}, abstractNote={<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><p>Objective:</p></span></span></span><p> </p><p> </p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><p>Material and Methods:</p></span></span></span><p> </p><p> </p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><p>Results:</p></span></span></span><p> </p><p> </p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><p>Conclusion:</p></span></span></span><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">Clean intermitting self dilatation is an effective procedure in the prevention of recurrent</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>urethral strictures for primary strictures and deep strictures between 0.5-1.5cm length after optical</p><p>urethrotomy.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">A total of 146 male patients were included in the study. They were divided into two groups of 73</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>each on alternate basis. Group A was control group and group B with clean intermitting self dilatation and</p><p>were followed upto 8 months. Study results showed a high rate of recurrence in control group A i.e. 42</p><p>patients (57.53%) in comparison to self dilatation group B i.e. 26 patients (35.61%).</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">This comparative study of patients undergoing optical urethrotomy for anterior</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>urethral stricture was conducted in Surgical Unit Hayatabad Medical Complex, Khyber Medical Centre</p><p>and Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar from July 2004 to June 2008.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">To find out the role of clean intermitting self dilatation (CISD) for the prevention of recurrent</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>urethral stricture.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Afridi, Nazeem Gul and Khan, Mazhar and Nazeem, Sadia and Hussain, Adil and Ahmad, Siddique and Aman, Zahid}, year={2011}, month={Oct.} }