TY - JOUR AU - Gabriel Predoiu AU - Valentin Voinescu AU - Alexandru Obadă AU - Cristian Toma AU - Viorel Jinga PY - 2021/05/04 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS THAT UNDERGO URETHRAL RECONSTRUCTION FOR URETHRAL STRICTURES – A PROSPECTIVE, SINGLE CENTRE, SINGLE SURGEON EXPERIENCE JF - Journal of Surgical Sciences JA - JSS VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.33695/jss.v8i1.430 UR - https://journalofsurgicalsciences.com/index.php/jss/article/view/430 AB - The pathological narrowing of the urethra, known as stricture disease is an abnormal process with a substantial impact on patients’ lives, having an increasing incidence in the elderly population. The gold standard in the handling of this pathology is urethral reconstructive surgery, revealing remarkable results after the evaluation of the patient’s satisfaction and quality of life with the help of two objective tools the IPSS-International Prostate Score Symptoms and the IIEF 5- international index of erectile function before surgery and at every follow up that was preoperatively planned. The results we have reached by enrolling 20 patients that underwent urethroplasty for urethral stricture and subsequent follow up, by a single surgical team, showed that urethroplasty is a very effective tool. ER -