Experience with various 1 stage repairs for urethral strictures (patch graft, and excision and reanastomosis techniques) gained by ourselves and others is compared to reports on multistaged urethroplasties (Johanson, Leadbetter-Johanson and Turner-Warwick). Increased hospitalization, absence from employment and the morbidity of multiple anesthetics and operations are features of the multistaged approaches compared to the 1 stage operations. Furthermore, no advantage was seen when initial or final success rates were compared.
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