The Consensus on Genitourinary Trauma continues this month with an evidence‐based analysis, by a team of experts under the chairmanship of Dr Jack McAninch, of current reports on the diagnosis and management of ureteric trauma. This is quite a unique document, and of interest to all urologists; not only as a consensus on how this condition should be managed, but also as a model of how to review current publications.
These findings suggest that HU measurement of urinary calculi on pretreatment non-contrast computerized tomography may predict the stone-free rate. This information may be beneficial for selecting the preferred treatment option for patients with urinary calculi.
Overall anterior urethral reconstruction appears no more likely to cause long-term postoperative sexual dysfunction than circumcision. Men with a long stricture may be at increased risk for transient erectile changes.
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