Methods
URETHRAL STRICTURES, STRICTURE, COLD, COLD
This prospective randomized study included 66 male patients aged more than 18 years, with short segment bulbar urethral strictures < 2 cm from March 2020 to March 2022. The patients were randomized into two groups each containing 33 patients. In group A (Cold knife group), Sachse cold knife was used for stricture treatment. In group B (Holmium group), internal urethrotomy was done with Ho:YAG laser. Patients were evaluated before the operation and followed up after the operation at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months by physical examination, IPSS, PVR, Qmax and retrograde urethrography.