Urethral strictures in women represent a rare pathological entity, which are part of the subvesical obstruction syndrome. This heterogeneous syndrome may occur in 3–8% of women, associating functional causes (vesico-sphincterian dyssynergia, pelvic floor dysfunctions, etc.) and/or anatomical causes...
We describe the diagnosis and treatment of urethral strictures in women. We retrospectively identified female urethral strictures from 1998 to 2010. Study inclusion criteria were 1) clinical diagnosis of stricture, 2) stricture seen on cystoscopy, 3) urethral obstruction on videourodynamics according to...
Strictures can be caused by infection, trauma, instrumentation, or prior urethral surgery. Treatment options vary depending on patient goals and overall health, as well as the location, length, and severity of the stricture. These include serial dilation, internal urethrotomy, or urethroplasty. ...
Sharma GK, Pandey A, Bansal H, et al.: Dorsal onlay lingual mucosal graft urethroplasty forurethral strictures in women. Hosseini J, Tavakkoli Tabassi K, Razi A: Delayed retropubicurethroplasty of completely transected urethra associated with pelvic fracture in girls. Proximal...
Currently, strictures are effectively staged with an ad hoc binary classification system in practice and in the literature with patients described as either having a stricture or not. We believe it would be more appropriate and more useful to describe strictures in a graded or staged fashion, ...
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Congenital strictures—strictures present at birth—are far less common than strictures that occur later in life, but they are also possible.14 Risk Factors While urethral strictures are far more common in men, they do occur in women and children. Males with urethral stricture may have a history...
We evaluate and treat not only those with straightforward “run-of-the mill” strictures but also complex strictures such as those that occupy the entire length of the urethra, strictures caused by radiation and recurrent strictures after Urolume insertion, and even urethral strictures in women. ...
This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Female urethral strictures are rare; thus, the literature describing stricture management in women is sparse. Although urethral dilation continues to be performed at a high frequency in women despite lack of proven efficacy, this...
No more urethral strictures were noted. Although the flow rates of both patients were less than normal (20 m complication). Hence, urethral dilatation by themselves and long-term follow-up are necessary. In conclusion, in male-to-female transsexual patients, urethral stricture may be due to ...