[Endoscopic treatment of urethral stenoses in children].

Twenty-nine male children with urethral stenosis, with ages between 7 months and 18 years, were treated by endoscopic surgery. The etiology of their condition was trauma in 21 cases and congenital in 8. Location of the stenosis corresponded in 18 cases to membranous urethra, 7 to bulbar urethra, 2 to penial urethra while 2 were double, membranous and bulbar. The magnitude of the stenosis was under 1 cm in 24 cases, between 1 to 2 cm in 4 cases and over 2 cm in 1 case. Treatment carried out was visually controlled endoscopic urethrotomy and endoscopic resection. The results obtained were rated as good in 21 children (72%), but 38% required more than one operation. The best results corresponded to the so-called congenital stenosis and the worse to those secondary to rectal atresia and urethral valves.