Introduction: The male urethral imaging and pathology is not widespread in the radiology literature because this part of the urinary tract is easily studied by urologists. However urethral obstructive pathologies especially stricture disease is a gray area which needs thorough imaging. Retrograde urethrography has been the standard imaging technique for the evaluation of male anterior urethra, ...

This interesting paper raises some theories about urethral stricture, its ongoing process, and how to deal with challenging cases. Although only a small number of patients were observed, this fact does not compromise the results, as the incidence of this specific pathology is very low. While urethroplasty was performed on macroscopically healthy ends, there is no histological confirmation of wh...

BACKGROUND In spite of the advanced imaging methods, MRI and CT-Scan, the role of ultrasonography is still unique in some fields of genitourinary tract diseases. AIM This study was aimed at assessing this role in the evaluation of male urinary stricture, and comparison with standard retrograde urethrography (SUG). METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. The patients include those who were...

Conventional dorsal onlay urethroplasty requires circumferential mobilization of the urethra which might cause ischemia of the urethra. The present study was conducted to determine the feasibility and short-term outcomes of applying dorsolateral free graft to treat anterior urethral stricture by unilateral urethral mobilization approach. This hospital based prospective interventional study was ...

Primary urethral stones are a rare form of urolithiasis accounting for less than 0.3% of urinary stones. We are reporting a case of a giant primary urethral stone that developed in the penile urethra resulting from a post-surgical complication of urethral stricture. The patient presented with difficulty urinating, ejaculatory dysfunction, and a hard palpable scrotal mass.

Urethral mucosa with intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia is a rare occurrence. To date only a single case has been reported in a male with long-standing urethral stricture. We present a 33-year-old female with polypoid intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia of the external urethral meatus in the absence of an inciting factor. Intestinal metaplasia of the urethral mucosa may undergo dysplasia, emph...

To the Editor—I enjoyed the article by Cho et al1 titled, “Early postoperative outcome of bipolar transurethral enucleation and resection of the prostate,” published in the December 2015 issue of Hong Kong Medical Journal. I noted with interest that the authors reported no urethral stricture, meatal stenosis, or bladder neck contracture at 3 months despite the larger prostates and more difficul...

To describe the novel technique of ventral inlay substitution urethroplasty for the management of male anterior urethral stricture disease. A 58-year-old gentleman with multifocal bulbar stricture disease measuring 7 cm in length was treated using a ventral inlay substitution urethroplasty. A dorsal urethrotomy was created, and the ventral urethral plated was incised. The edges of the urethral ...

PURPOSE Although endoscopic realignment has been accepted as a standard treatment for urethral injuries, the long-term follow-up data on this procedure are not sufficient. We report the long-term outcome of primary endoscopic realignment in bulbous urethral injuries. METHODS Patients with bulbous urethral injuries were treated by primary endoscopic realignment between 1991 and 2005. The opera...