Urethral stricture disease affects many men worldwide. Traditionally, the investigation of choice has been urethrography and the management of choice has been urethrotomy/dilatation. In this review, we discuss the evidence behind the use of ultrasonography in stricture assessment. We also discuss the factors a surgeon should consider when deciding the management options with each individual pat...

BACKGROUND Urethral stricture presents an uncommon but difficult urological problem in the pediatric population. Treatment protocols are different from in adults due to anatomical considerations. MATERIAL AND METHODS A thorough manual and Medline search was conducted to review the existing literature on post-traumatic pediatric urethral strictures, with key words: stricture, children, post-tr...

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, ...

The use of buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty (BMGU) for bulbar urethral strictures has gained widespread popularity since the first report in 1996. Over the last two decades, there have been many modifications in the surgical technique. This, along with better understanding of urethral anatomy, has allowed the BMG to become the 'gold standard' in urethral substitution. The present article revie...

To analyze clinical data from male patients treated with urethrotomy and Aim to develop a clinical decision algorithm. : Two large cohorts of male patients with urethral Materials and methods strictures were included in this retrospective study, historical (1985-1995, n=491) and modern cohorts (1996-2006, n=470). All patients were treated with repeated internal urethrotomies (up to 9 sessions)....

PURPOSE We describe the diagnosis and treatment of urethral strictures in women. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively identified female urethral strictures from 1998 to 2010. Study inclusion criteria were 1) clinical diagnosis of stricture, 2) stricture seen on cystoscopy, 3) urethral obstruction on videourodynamics according to the Blaivas-Groutz nomogram and/or 4) urethral caliber less ...

Background. Adult patients with urethral stricture after childhood hypospadias surgeries are infrequently discussed in the literature. We report our experience in treating such patients. Materials and Methods. A retrospective chart review was performed. From 2002 through 2007, nine consecutive adult patients who had current urethral stricture and had undergone childhood hypospadias surgeries we...

Urethral stricture is a challenging surgical problem since the ancient time. Its outcome is very poor because of the high recurrence rate 40.0-50.0% whatever procedure is conducted to treat the condition. Between January 2004 to December 2007, 61 cases with urethral stricture were treated in our hospital. Management of stricture was decided according to the grading of urethral stricture. Of 61 ...