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VeSpAR: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Vessel-Sparing Anastomotic Repair and Transecting Anastomotic Repair in Isolated Short Bulbar Urethral Strictures
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Transecting anastomotic repair (tAR) and Vessel-sparing anastomotic repair (vsAR) for Urethral Stricture and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 100 participants across 13 sites in 8 countries.
Detailed Summary
The investigators want to verify whether the surgical outcome of vessel-sparing anastomotic repair in isolated short bulbar urethral strictures is not inferior to the surgical outcome of transecting anastomotic repair. Furthermore, the investigators compare the functional outcome of both techniques verifying if there is less erectile dysfunction after vessel-sparing anastomotic repair than after transecting anastomotic repair.
Study Details
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Interventions
Classic technique, which involves full thickness transection of the corpus spongiosum and the embedded urethral blood supply.
Alternative technique, leaving the bulbar arteries intact, only transecting and excising the narrow segment of the urethra and the surrounding spongiofibrosis.