Partial or complete narrowing of the urethra, occurring most commonly in men. The condition is marked by straining to pass urine, esp. at the commencement of urination. It is caused by spasm of the urethral muscle, congestion of the urethra, and fibrous formation.See also: stricture ...
What is a stricture in the urethra? A urethral (u-REE-thrul) stricture involvesscarring that narrows the tube that carries urine out of your body (urethra). A stricture restricts the flow of urine from the bladder and can cause a variety of medical problems in the urinary tract, including...
In this paper I limit the term stricture of the urethra to organic contractions in the lumen of the canal not caused by traumatism, incidental to her sex or the result of destructive or malignant disease. In a surgical sense, it is the same condition that we define by this term in the...
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A further reduction occurred after increasing the dose to 100 mg/kg b.wt. The absolute inhibitory effects were almost twice as large during hypercapnia as during hypocapnia whereas the reduction in fractional reabsorption was the same at all plasma pH levels. Both variations in plasma pH and ...
Urethral stricture occurs when the urethra (tube that carries urine out of the body) has narrowed abnormally. Learn more about this condition from Children's Health.
Stricture of the Urethra in the Female, and its Treatment by Electrolysis.An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.doi:10.1097/00000441-187510000-00016NewmanRobertAmerican Journal of the Medical Sciences
References (2) G.C. Prather Urethrograms in urethral strictures J. Urol. (1943) J.H. Harrison The treatment of rupture of the urethra, especially when accompanying fracture of the pelvic bones Surg., Gynec. & Obst. (1941)Cited by (0)...
The site of the stricture was at the bulbomembranous area in 43 patients, in the penile urethra in 14 patients, and in bulbous urethra in 5 patients. The length of the urethral stricture was 10–30 mm in 39 patients (63%), <10 mm in 13 patients (21%) and of 30–70 mm in 10 ...