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Is a Course of Intermittent Self-dilatation with Topical Corticosteroids Superior at Stabilising Urethral Stricture Disease in Men and Improving Functional Outcomes over a Course of Intermittent Self-dilatation Alone? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

CONTEXT: Intermittent self-dilatation (ISD) is a therapeutic strategy used to stabilise a urethral stricture and postpone or avoid further treatment. Adding corticosteroids to this mode of management might further enhance its outcomes by downregulation of collagen deposition and excessive scar tissu...

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Autores principales: Verla, Wesley, Barratt, Rachel, Chan, Garson, Dimitropoulos, Konstantinos, Esperto, Francesco, Yuhong, Yuan, Greenwell, Tamsin, Lumen, Nicolaas, Martins, Francisco, Osman, Nadir, Ploumidis, Achilles, Riechardt, Silke, Waterloos, Marjan, Campos-Juanatey, Felix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10130070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37122691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2023.01.011