PURPOSE We reviewed the literature to better elucidate the history behind our understanding of the anatomy, classification and embryology of posterior urethral valves. MATERIALS AND METHODS A directed MEDLINE literature review of the anatomy, classification and embryology of posterior urethral valves was performed. An effort was made to focus on the most frequently cited historical articles a...

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...

Objective. To analyze the penile and urethral meatus biometry and its correlation with meatoplasty during endoscopic resections. We also propose a new classification for urethral meatus morphology. Materials and Methods. We prospectively studied 105 patients who underwent prostate and bladder transurethral resections. We performed standardized measurement of penile and urethral meatus biometry ...

Urethral stricture is one of the most difficult urological problems to heal adequately and many surgical and no surgical techniques have been described to its management. Reports has been documented in ancient literature of the Hindus, Egyptians and Greeks (1). In 1957, Ravasini described the internal urethrotomy under direct vision and used electrocautery to incise the stricture. In 1971, Sach...

Cent Eur J Urol 2013; 66: 496 10.5173/ceju.2013.04.art29 The authors of the paper published in this issue of Central European Journal of Urology [1] present urethral dilatation as their preferred method of treatment of urethral obstruction. Results of their treatment are very poor. Among the 196 patients having urethral obstruction treated with bougie dilatators, as many as 172 patients (87.6%)...

Purpose: Urodynamic studies in small animals can be performed through urethral sounding or cystostomy. Objective: To compare the two methods of urodynamic evaluation in female rats. Methods: Ten female rats weighing on average 250g, under anesthesia with urethane (1,25 mg/kg) were submitted in three repeats to an urethal catheter of 0,64 mm in external diameter for cystometric measurements of v...

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

Urethral calculi Sonography Noninvasive screening technique Abstract We performed sonography in 7 males with membranous and posterior urethral calculi. Sonography demonstrated the urethral calculi in all 7 patients. These findings suggest that sonography is useful as a noninvasive screening technique for urethral calculi. Shigehiko Koga, Department of Urology, Nagasaki University, School of Med...

INTRODUCTION The diagnosis of urethral diverticulum can be challenging given the vague or absent presenting symptoms. In addition, vaginal cancer can present with elusive symptoms--some parallel to urethral diverticula. A case of a bleeding ulcerated mass anticipated to be a vaginal cancer was instead identified as a benign urethral diverticulum. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ...

This paper is about the success of early endoscopic (retrorgrade or retrograde-antegrade combined) realignment of pelvic fracture associated urethral injury after blunt pelvic trauma As known, immediate management of pelvic fracture associated urethral injury is to place a suprapubic catheter to provide urinary drainage. Thereafter, 2 alternative management approaches are available. The first o...