Swabs were taken for culture from the periurethral area and urethral meatus in 124 uncircumcised and 60 circumcised boys. Proteus mirabilis was grown from 28 (22.6%) swabs from uncircumcised boys and from only one (1.7%) swab from circumcised boys. This supports the idea that the prepuce may be the source of proteus urinary tract infection.

Urethral duplication is a rare congenital anomaly that is usually seen in males and, in rare cases, in females. Several different anatomical variations have been described. Sagittal localisation is the most common type of urethral duplication that usually develops as an isolated malformation. Coronal duplications, on the other hand, are rarer and are found in association with bladder duplicatio...

A new technique for simultaneously recording urethral closure pressure and cross sectional area profile is described. The cross sectional area of the urethra could be measured using the field gradient principle. The procedure was performed readily in male patients and the recordings can be graphically presented during measurement. A high degree of reproducibility using this method was obtained....

Close examination of a 67-year-old Japanese man, who complained of persistent nocturia, revealed that a semitransparent polypoid tumor had developed from the bladder neck to the prostatic urethra obstructing the internal urethral meatus, which resulted in excessive urinary retention and post-renal dysfunction. The tumor was resected by a transurethral procedure and a pathological examination of...

Hypospadias is one of the most prevalent anomalies of the male genitalia. Contemporary hypospadias repair is very successful, but patients that have the surgery fail often require multiple surgeries throughout their life. Complications from failed hypospadias repairs have a significant impact on patients both psychologically and physically. Failed hypospadias repair encompasses a spectrum of pr...

Mucocoele or mucoid cyst may occur in any part of the urethra and is usually asymptomatic. McCrea (1940), quoting Ottow, explains the origin of these cysts on the assumption that the lips of the primitive urethral opening have failed to unite in their entirety. If this failure is confined to the urethral epithelium, a mucoid cyst or mucocoele results. A case is presented below in which the situ...