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. 2018 Mar;7(Suppl 1):S29–S62. doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.12.35

Table 8. Overall PFUI treatment outcomes.

Treatment Number Age, mean (range) Follow up, mean (range) Stricture, % (N) Erectile dysfunction, % (N) Incontinence, % (N)
SPC alone 379 30 y (3–64 y) 46.3 m (1 m–15 y) 97.9 (371/379) 25.6 (91/349) 6.7 (21/314)
Primary open repair 258 19.6 y (3–>60 y) 29.4 m (25 d–17 y) 53.9 (139/258) 22.5 (25/111) 13.6 (16/118)
Delayed primary open repair 17 (16–42 y) >12 m 18 (3/17) 71 (12/17) 0 (0/17)
Primary open realignment 883 32.4 y (18 m–83 y) 61 m (1 m–46 y) 58.3 (484/830) 37.2 (238/640) 14.5 (83/571)
Primary endoscopic realignment 401 34.4 y (3–73 y) 31.4 m (2 m–17 y) 62.0 (232/374) 23.6 (62/263) 4.1 (10/245)
Delayed endoscopic treatment 955 33.9 y (4–74 y) 31.8 m (2–360 m) 80.2 (759/946) 31.9 (160/501) 4.1 (31/748)
Delayed urethroplasty* 3,520 23 y (2–82 y) 54.9 m (3–46 y) 14.4 (480/3,334) 12.7 (292/2,304) 6.8 (148/2,166)

*, NB. BPA urethroplasty alone stricture rate, 367/2,563 (14.3%).