Purpose: In addition to the known etiological and predisposing factors of urethral stricture, we aimed examine unknown not clearly defined factors.
 Materials Methods: Medical records 317 patients who underwent visual internal urethrotome (VIU) surgery in our clinic between 2017 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. The effect other parameters on total number VIU operations was investigated....

cause natural flush of the urethra; fourthly, climatic effect retards the progress of the disease. In India, particularly in Bengal, the statistical data are incomplete and therefore misleading. On the strength of the. so-called available statistics, no scientific inference about the percentage of stricture urethra cases can be correctly ascertained, which, in my opinion, should neither be exag...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term results of repairing long anterior urethral strictures with lingual mucosa onlay grafts. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study included 23 patients (mean age 36.3 years, range 21-62) who had a lingual mucosa onlay graft for managing a long anterior urethral stricture, and who were followed up for ⩾5 years. The mean length of the stricture was 4.6 cm. The Internat...

PURPOSE Lichen sclerosus (LS) in men is poorly understood. Though uncommon, it is often severe and leads to repeated surgical interventions and deterioration in quality of life. We highlight variability in disease presentation, diagnosis, and patient factors in male LS patients evaluated at a tertiary care center. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed charts of male patients prese...

BACKGROUND The treatment of urethral stricture in female patients is through dilatation of the urethra by tubes of increasing diameter. There are two main methods: intermittent dilatation and on demand dilatation. OBJECTIVES The main aim of this study was to compare the results of these two methods, and to determine the best one. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this clinical trial study, we reviewe...

Urethral stricture is a common condition that can lead to serious complications such as urinary infections and renal insufficiency secondary to urinary retention. Treatment options include catheterization and dilation, urethroplasty and endoscopic internal urethrotomy as well. Although treatment option depends on the type, length and aetiology of stricture, the choice can be influenced to varyi...

INTRODUCTION The management of an anastomotic stricture after a radical prostatectomy can become a complex and difficult situation when an artificial urinary sphincter precedes the formation of the stricture. The urethral narrowing does not allow the passage of the routinely used urological instruments and no previous reports have suggested alternate approaches. CASE PRESENTATION We present t...

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Urethral strictures are common and increasingly common in an ageing population. The treatment is controversial and particularly the relative roles of urethrotomy or urethral dilatation on the one hand and urethroplasty on the other. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject including less commonly discussed issu...