RUPTURED PYO-URACHUS COMPLICATED BY URETHRAL STRICTURE

Complex Posterior Urethral Stricture

Majority of posterior urethral stricture results from pelvic fracture, straddle injuries, or crush injuries. The management of traumatic posterior urethral strictures remains one of the most difficult tasks in urologic practice. In developed countries, agricultural activities have reduced over time and the number of accidents with pelvic fracture due to tractors tipping over has markedly decrea...

Anterior urethral stricture review

Male anterior urethral stricture disease is a commonly encountered condition that presents to many urologists. According to a National Practice Survey of Board Certified Urologist in the United States most urologists treat on average 6-20 urethral strictures yearly. Many of those same urologists surveyed treat with repeated dilation or internal urethrotomy, despite continual recurrence of the u...

Candida esophagitis complicated by esophageal stricture.

department of gastroenterology with dysphagia accompanied by odynophagia without weight loss. The patient was immunocompetent and her only medication was synthyroid, which she had been taking for the past 15 years due to hypothyroidism. The patient said that she had her first recurrent episodes of odynophagia 7 years previously and recalled that endoscopic examination at that time had revealed ...

Focus on male urethral stricture

Management of anterior urethral stricture

Background: The conventional method of repair of anterior urethral stricture with dilatation and Visual Internal Urethrotomy (VIU) resulted in high recurrence. Hence buccal mucosa is used for long term stricture free interval and is an effective measure of preventing stricture recurrence. Objectives: 1) To determine the presentation, aetiology, age distribution and associated symptoms of anteri...