Urethral stricture is a common urological pathology with a high recurrence rate after treatment. Urethral manipulations are among its main causes. In this paper, urethral stricture developed secondary to urethral catheterization and was treated with cold-knife internal urethrotomy and the Otis urethrotomy procedure. During the follow-up period, severe ventral penile curvature preventing sexual ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the current etiology, features, and natural history of urethral stricture disease in the developed world. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the data from 1439 male patients with urethral stricture, who had undergone surgical treatment in our referral urethral center from 2000 to 2010. The preoperative evaluation included a detailed clinical history of stricture, uroflowmet...

PURPOSE We present a single institutional experience over 6 years of intra and postoperative complications following urethral reconstructive surgery, and the impact of these complications on overall results. MATERIALS AND METHODS From June 2000 through May 2006, 153 consecutive urethral reconstructive procedures were performed on 128 patients by one surgeon (CMG). Complication rates were dete...

Asopa described the inlay of a graft into Snodgrass's longitudinal urethral plate incision using a ventral sagittal urethrotomy approach in 2001. He claimed that this technique was easier to perform and led to less tissue ischemia due to no need for mobilization of the urethra. This approach has subsequently been popularized among reconstructive urologists as the dorsal inlay urethroplasty or A...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the success of penile fasciocutaneous flap urethroplasty in the treatment of long segment urethral stricture. METHODS In this study, seventeen patients with long segment urethral stricture were included. In regard to the length of the narrow segment, vertical or circular penile skin fasciocutaneous flap was anastomosed on 18 F urethral catheter...

Urethral stricture is a common disease with high recurrence rate. Several manipulations were defined to prevent the recurrence but the results were disappointing. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of triamcinolone and mitomycin-C on urethral stricture formation and their effect on inhibition of urethral fibrosis. A total of 24 New Zealand rabbits were divided into 3 groups. Urethras of ...

BACKGROUND Several authors have demonstrated regional and temporal changes in the demographics of urethral stricture and its management. OBJECTIVES To assess the changes in the demographics of the patients and the evolution of the management of urethral stricture in this institution. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study. The files of all the men who were diagnosed with urethra...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the outcome of bipolar energy by using PlasmaKinetic(TM) cystoscope instruments in the treatment of urethral stricture and bladder neck contracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-two male patients with urethral stricture and five with bladder neck contracture were treated by endoscopic bipolar vaporization. The most common etiology for stricture formation was iatrogenic ...

PURPOSE Pediatric urethral stricture disease represents a significant surgical challenge because of smaller pelvic confines, decreased caliber and increased tissue fragility. Operative series of pediatric urethral reconstruction usually involve small numbers. In this study, we examined the outcome of open reconstructive techniques for pediatric and adolescent patients with posterior urethral di...

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 ...