Table 3.

Comparative studies of PR and ESR for anterior urethral injury.

Study	Treatment	Patients, n	Success, n (%)	Complication, n
Zhang et al. 2004 [61]	PR	14	12 (85.7)	1 (infection)
	ESR	8	6 (75.0)	0
Ren et al. 2008 [70]	PR	8	8 (100)	0
	ESR	20	0 (0)	0
Zhang et al. 2012 [65]	PR	13	12 (92.3)	2 (infection)
	ESR	20	14 (70.0)	0
Chen et al. 2008 [71]	PR	15	5 (33.3)	0
	ESR	15	13 (86.7)	0
Yu et al. 2006 [72]	PR	26	24 (92.3)	0
	ESR	32	23 (71.9)	0

Note: One study [65] reported significant International Index of Erectile Function score decrease in the primary repair group, and other studies reported no erectile dysfunction or incontinency.

ESR, endoscopic realignment; PR, primary repair.