of urethral strictures. It is true that most modern text-books do mention the excision of strictures in a brief and unconvincing sort of way, after they have devoted many pages and illustrations to the detailed description of the various forms of urethrotomy. Isolated papers appear from time to time dealing with this subject ; but nevertheless the radical operation for urethral stricture is not...

PURPOSE The clinical usefulness of hyaluronic acid (HA) instillation during visual internal urethrotomy (VIU) for decreasing the incidence of recurrent urethral stricture was assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-eight patients were treated by VIU with HA instillation between May 2007 and June 2009. After insertion of a Foley catheter following urethrotomy, HA was instilled via an 18-gauge t...

Urethral stricture after radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer is a delicate problem as the decreased availability of tissue healing and the close relation to the sphincter complicates any surgical approach. We here review the pathophysiology, dosimetry, and the disease specific aspects of urethral strictures after radiotherapy. Moreover we discuss different treatment option such as d...

BACKGROUND Urethral injury produces partial or complete disruption of the urethral integrity. Advances in endourology have made endoscopic management of most of these injuries feasible without greatly compromising the final result. We report our institutional experience of immediate endoscopic realignment of complete iatrogenic anterior urethral injury. METHODS From May 1997 to May 2003, seve...

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...

Urethral stricture is a common condition that can lead to serious complications such as urinary infections and renal insufficiency secondary to urinary retention. Treatment options include catheterization and dilation, urethroplasty and endoscopic internal urethrotomy as well. Although treatment option depends on the type, length and aetiology of stricture, the choice can be influenced to varyi...

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...