PURPOSE Endoscopic urethrotomy is an alternative method in treatment of urethral stricture. However, it have high recurrence rate because of the remained fibrotic tissue. Removal of the fibrotic tissue can maintain the patency of the urethral lumen after the procedure. We report the therapeutic efficacy of our initial experience using pediatric resectoscope for treating anterior urethral strict...

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 ...

Male urethral stricture is one of the oldest known urologic diseases, and continues to be a common and challenging urologic condition. Our objective was to review all contemporary and historial articles on the topic of dilation, internal urethrotomy, and stenting of male anterior urethral strictures. An extensive review of the scientific literature concerning anterior urethral urethrotomy/dilat...

OBJECTIVES To assess the role of temporary thermally expandable urethral stents in maintaining urethral patency in patients with a recurrent bulbar urethral stricture. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-three men with a recurrent bulbar urethral stricture after several attempts at direct visual internal urethrotomy (DVIU) and/or failed urethroplasty were managed with a thermally expandable, biocompa...

PURPOSE To determine the efficacy of mitomycin C in reducing the recurrence of anterior urethral stricture after internal optical urethrotomy (IOU). MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a randomized controlled trial conducted in the Department of Urology at the Institute of Kidney Diseases Peshawar from March 2011 to December 2013. A total of 151 patients who completed the study were divided into t...

UNLABELLED To compare the efficacy of sono-urethrogram and ascending urethrogram in the evaluation of stricture urethra. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective study 40 patients with obstructive lower urinary tract symptoms and suspected to be having stricture urethra were subjected to ascending urethrogram and sonourethrogram. The radiologist was blinded to the findings of ascending ureth...

Dear Editor, In urethral stricture disease, it is known that anastomostic urethroplasty with complete excision of scar tissue provide the best long-term outcome for short bulbar urethral strictures. Longer strictures are dealt with by onlay urethroplasties employing tissue substitution, using either flaps or grafts. In recent times, the buccal mucosa graft, whether laid dorsally or ventrally, h...

Striktur uretra merupakan salah satu penyebab retensi urin akut yang umum terjadi pada laki-laki. Diagnosis dan tata laksana tepat akan menurunkan angka komplikasi disebabkan oleh striktur uretra.
 Urethral stricture is one of the most common causes acute urinary retention in men. Accurate diagnosis and treatment will reduce complication rate caused by urethral

background management of urethral stricture has evolved over the years with better understanding of the pathology, advancement in imaging, and introduction of several techniques of urethral reconstruction. in sub-saharan africa, advancement in management of urethral stricture may not be comparable with what obtained in most developed nations because of problems like late presentation and persis...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the long-term outcomes of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) immediately after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment for prostate cancer (CaP). METHODS The present retrospective study included 65 CaP patients who underwent HIFU alone and 64 patients who underwent TURP immediately after HIFU. HIFU treatment was carried out using a Sonablate-500 H...