naa a22 4500 510741495 CHVBK 20180411083029.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11845-012-0866-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11845-012-0866-x Management of recalcitrant urethral strictures with self-dilatation balloon catheter [Elektronische Daten] [D. Hennessey, A. Thomas, J. Forde, T. McDermott] Introduction: Urethral strictures constitute a significant clinical problem that often requires long-term management. Objective: To report the long-term outcomes of adjuvant home self-urethral dilatation of recurrent urethral strictures using a balloon catheter. Materials and methods: Male patients (N=11), performing self-dilatation with a balloon catheter (minimum 24months) were assessed by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) health questionnaire specific for post treatment assessment of men with urethral stricture disease. Results: Median duration of balloon catheter use is 46.5months, IQR (24-150). Patients performed self-balloon dilatation on average 1.4 times a week, median 1, IQR (1-2) to maintain the patency of their urethra. The mean PROMs LUTS score of the patients was 2.45, median 2, IQR (1-4). The median and mean Peeling score was 2 IQR (1-2). 100% patient reported that they either very satisfied or satisfied with the overall outcome and QoL. Conclusions: Our initial experience of outpatient self-dilatation with a balloon dilatation is encouraging and is an acceptable inexpensive and simple treatment for patient maintains urethral patency and potentially decreases stricture recurrence. Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2012 Urethral stricture nationallicence Balloon dilatation nationallicence Adjuvant treatment nationallicence Hennessey D. Department of Urological Surgery, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland aut Thomas A. Department of Urological Surgery, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland aut Forde J. Department of Urological Surgery, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland aut McDermott T. Department of Urological Surgery, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland aut Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer-Verlag 182/2(2013-06-01), 227-230 0021-1265 182:2<227 2013 182 11845 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-012-0866-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-012-0866-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hennessey D. Department of Urological Surgery, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thomas A. Department of Urological Surgery, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Forde J. Department of Urological Surgery, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McDermott T. Department of Urological Surgery, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer-Verlag 182/2(2013-06-01), 227-230 0021-1265 182:2<227 2013 182 11845 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer