Amongst the various methods of reconstructing the hypospadic urethra such as the MAGPI, Mathieu's and Preputial island flap urethroplasty method and the Snodgrass method, the latter is being used more frequently nowadays in patients with the urethral meatus located in the proximity of the penis. In the Pediatric ward at Mostar Clinical Hospital, we have recently adopted the Snodgrass method whe...

Leeches are found in fresh water as well as moist marshy tropical areas. Orifical Hirudiniasis is the presence of leech in natural human orifices. Leech have been reported in nose, oropharynx, vagina, rectum and bladder but leech per urethra is very rare. We report a case of leech in urethra causing hematuria and bleeding disorder in the form of epistaxis and impaired clotting profile after use...

Objective: To explore the reason of penile surgery that result in urethral injury. Methods: To review the penile surgery (circumcision, penile curvature correction) that result in urethrocutaneous fistula from March 2009 to May 2014. Six cases resulted from circumcision, and three cases resulted from penile curvature correction. Results: All patients were lack of corpus spongiosum penis, and th...

a moderate amount of blending from the urethra ior the first few hours. Though there was great desire to pass urine he was unable to do so. On examination, the bladder was found distended up to the umbilicus, and the perineum, the scrotum, and the penis were swollen, oedematous, and tender. Diagnosing the case as one of extravasation of urine after rupture of the urethra, spinal anaesthesia was...

An 11-week human fetus with megacystis, prostatic dysgenesis, and lateral displacement of the abdominal muscles is described. We suggest that a subtle outflow obstruction of the very early bladder may give rise to both bladder dilation and bladder wall dysgenesis. The bladder dilation may produce abdominal muscle dysplasia or atrophy and almost certainly produces dilation of the prostatic ureth...

In the present study, we have characterized the presence and distribution of cGMP-gated cationic channels (CNG) in the rat urethra as well as its putative role in the mediation of the nitrergic relaxation. Previous studies have shown the inhibition of the sheep urethral nitrergic relaxations by the CNG's inhibitor L-cis-diltiazem [1]. Also in the rat urethra, L-cis-diltiazem (50 M) inhibited n...

Conigenital obstruction of the male urethra by a diaphragm, or more frequently by valves of mucous membrane in connection with the veru-montanum, has been recorded from time to time, and in receint years an increasing amount of attention has been given to this condition. In the female any kind of congenital obstruction of the urethra appears to be extremely rare, and I have been able to find so...

The standard of care in the management of invasive urothelial cancer of the bladder is radical cystectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy. Although uncommon, recurrence of disease in the retained urethra following cystectomy carries a poor prognosis. The need for assessment of risk of recurrence is greater now than ever with wider adoption of orthotopic bladder substitution. This review will address...