We report an unusual complication caused by urethral catheterization. During a routine urethral catheter change in a 38-yr-old woman, a 14-Fr Foley catheter was accidentally placed into the right ureter through the ureteral orifice. The position of the catheter was confirmed by retrograde urogram through urethral catheter. Percutaneous nephrostomy was performed with subsequent proper replacemen...

introduction: in order to assess our skill in the tubularized incised plate (tip) urethroplasty technique in children with hypospadias. material andmethods: of 307 children (mean age 38 month) who received a tip urethroplasty, all had primary hypospadias. patients who were referred with complication were eliminated from our study. the hypospadias defects were subcoronal in 25 (8%), distal penil...

conclusions early primary realignment of posterior urethral disruption had significant complications. in this study we did not have a control group, thus we could not compare the complications of delayed repair and early primary realignment of the posterior urethra. we recommend further case-control studies with larger sample size. results a total of 24 patients were evaluated while seven, elev...

AIMS Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is common in post-menopausal women. The present study therefore examined how aging and estrogen deficiency induced by ovariectomy (OVX) affect the urethral continence mechanism that prevents sneeze-induced SUI in rats. METHODS Young (3 months old) and middle-aged (12 months old) female rats underwent bilateral OVX or sham operation. Urethral activity was...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of urethral botulinum A toxin (BoNT-A) injection on idiopathic low detrusor contractility and the correlation of this effect with baseline urodynamic parameters. METHODS Twenty-seven patients with idiopathic low detrusor contractility received urethral injection of BoNT-A. Videourodynamic studies were performed at baseline and after treatment. Recovery of ...

Recent studies in animal models have shown that bladder contractions can be evoked by electrical stimulation of pudendal urethral afferent nerve fibers, even following spinal transection. Control of bladder activity would be a valuable tool to assist individuals with neurological disorders or spinal cord injury. To investigate these neural pathways in humans, a non-invasive approach is required...

Case Report Urethral diverticulum occurs in approximately 0.5-6% of women. Stone formation occurs in 1.5-10% of women with urethral diverticulum. Primary (native) urethral calculi occur rarely. In this case, 47 year-old woman suffering from recurrent urinary infections for the last 2 years referred to our clinic. Physical examination was normal except for a solid mass, measuring 3x3 cm in size,...

Voiding dysfunction due to detrusor underactivity or urethral sphincter dysfunction is a treatment challenge for urologists. Recently, urologists have used botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) injection into the urethral sphincter to treat voiding dysfunction. This treatment has been found to decrease urethral pressure and postvoid residual volume, and increase voiding efficiency in patients with neuroge...

INTRODUCTION We present the method of pedicle labial urethroplasty for urethral reconstruction in female patients treated for urethral strictures. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed urethral reconstruction using a pedicle labial flap in 2 female patients (23 and 70 years old) for urethral stricture (posttraumatic and postinflammatory origin). We used as a patch a pedicle skin flap obtained fro...