Table 3 Endoscopic management of non-malignant ureterointestinal anastomotic strictures
Technique | Study | Procedures | Approacha | Mean follow-up (mo) | Success rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balloon dilation | Nassar et al. [3] | 16 | A | 43 | 50 |
Yagi et al. [19] | 13 | A | 47.1 | 77 | |
Ravery et al. [17] | 14 | A | 16 | 61 | |
DiMarco et al. [2] | 52 | A/R | 24 | 15 | |
Kwak et al. [20] | 18 | A | 6 | 28 | |
Laser incision | Mihoua et al. [18] | 15 | A | 11.5 | 33 |
Laven et al. [4] | 16 | A | 35 | 50 | |
Watterson et al. [8] | 24 | A | 22.5 | 70.8 | |
Cold-knife incision | Nassar et al. [3] | 21 | A | 43 | 52.3 |
Poulakis et al. [6] | 43 | Combined | 38.8 | 60.5 | |
Poulakis et al. [7] | 22 | A | 23.5 | 74 | |
Electrocautery incision | Lovaco et al. [5] | 25 | Combined | 51 | 80 |
Meretyk et al. [21] | 14 | R | 28.6 | 57 | |
Acucise cutting balloon device | Cornud et al. [22] | 37 | A | 25 | 67.5 |
Lin et al. [23] | 10 | A | 13 | 32 | |
Babayan et al. [24] | 9 | A | 3 | 33 | |
Multiple modalities | Wolf et al. [16] | 30 | A | 13 | 32 |