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Urethroplasty for Female Urethral Stricture

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Female urethral stricture disease has been historically treated with urethral dilation that has high recurrence rate. There is growing evidence that formal urethroplasty should be pursued early in the care of female urethral stricture disease as surgery can provide cost-effective, durable results. This chapter presents the various techniques for female urethroplasty that are presented in the recent literature.

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  1. Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Santa Monica, CA, USA

    Chad Baxter M.D.

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    Farzeen Firoozi

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Baxter, C. (2015). Urethroplasty for Female Urethral Stricture. In: Firoozi, F. (eds) Female Pelvic Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1504-0_13

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