Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Clin Cases. May 16, 2024; 12(14): 2324-2331
Published online May 16, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i14.2324
Investigation of risk factors in the development of recurrent urethral stricture after internal urethrotomy
Abdullah Gul, Ozgur Ekici, Salim Zengin, Deniz Barali, Tarik Keskin
Abdullah Gul, Salim Zengin, Deniz Barali, Tarik Keskin, Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Education and Research Hospital, Bursa 16100, Türkiye
Ozgur Ekici, Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa City Hospital, Bursa 16000, Türkiye
Author contributions: Gul A, Ekici O, Zengin S, Barali D, Keskin T contributed equally to this work; Ekici O and Gul A designed the research study; Zengin S and Barali D performed the research; Keskin T and Gul A contributed new reagents and analytic tools; Ekici O, Gul A, Zengin S and Barali D analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; All authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the University of Health Sciences Bursa Yuksek İhtisas Education and Research Hospital Institutional Review Board, No. 2011-KAEK-25/11-17.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors state that they have no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Abdullah Gul, MD, Associate Professor, Researcher, Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Education and Research Hospital, Mimar Sinan Mah. Emniyet Cad. Yıldırım, Bursa 16310, Türkiye. dr_abdullahgul@hotmail.com
Received: January 8, 2024
Revised: February 8, 2024
Accepted: April 1, 2024
Published online: May 16, 2024
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Core Tip: In our study, we aimed to investigate whether there are inflammation markers in peripheral blood that can predict urethral stricture recurrence after internal urethrotomy and whether other etiological factors have a place in predicting stricture recurrence. According to our results, no inflammation marker was found to predict urethral stricture recurrence. The possibility of recurrence in patients with comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus and hypertension should be taken into consideration and the patient should be informed that more curative methods may be needed.