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Surgical Reconstruction of Membranous Urethral Strictures Due to Radiation

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Radiation therapy has long been established as an important modality in the management of prostate cancer, with about 25% of men electing this as their primary therapy [1]. Radiation therapy offers those patients who are unwilling or unable to undergo more invasive treatments a useful option for controlling their disease. However, it has also given rise to a particularly complex urologic issue: radiation-induced stricture disease. These strictures prove significantly more difficult to manage than other forms of urethral stricture, with significantly increased rates of recurrence and complications after treatment.

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Policastro, C.G., Angulo, J.C., Gomez, R., Nikolavsky, D. (2020). Surgical Reconstruction of Membranous Urethral Strictures Due to Radiation. In: Martins, F.E., Kulkarni, S.B., Köhler, T.S. (eds) Textbook of Male Genitourethral Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21447-0_24

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