ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
A TriNetX Registry Analysis of the Need for Second Procedures following Index Anterior and Posterior Urethroplasty.
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- A TriNetX Analysis of Hypertrophic Scarring Disorders, Genitourinary Strictures, and Urethroplasty Failure.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Understanding Changing Demographic and Treatment Trends of Distal Radius Fractures: A TriNetX Database Contemporary Analysis of 32,912 Patients.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2024Article
- Letter to the Editor of Journal of Otolaryngology regarding "Risk of diabetes in patients with sleep apnea: comparison of surgery versus CPAP in a long-term follow-up study".Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe queried a global database to understand re-intervention rates following urethroplasty with the goal of evaluating whether they align with previously published data.
methodsUsing the TriNetX database and Common Procedural Terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD) codes, we identified adult male patients with urethral stricture disease (ICD N35) who underwent one-stage anterior (CPT 53410) or posterior urethroplasty (CPT 53415), with or without (substitution urethroplasty) a tissue flap (CPT 15740) or buccal graft (CPT 15240 or 15241). We set urethroplasty as the index event and used descriptive statistics to report the incidence of secondary procedures (using CPT codes) within 10 years after the index event.
resultsThere were 6606 patients who underwent urethroplasty within the last 20 years, with 14.3% of patients undergoing a second procedure after index event. Upon subgroup analysis, reintervention rates were 14.5% for anterior urethroplasty vs. 12.4% of patients with an anterior substitution urethroplasty (RR 1.7,
conclusionsMost patients will not need any form of re-intervention following urethroplasty. These data align with previously described recurrence rates, which may help urologists counsel patients considering urethroplasty.
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