More effective results to achieve an optimal quality of life for the patient with urethral stricture or narrowing with solutions that prevent recurrence.
The urethra is the tube through which urine is expelled from the bladder to the outside. We speak of urethral stricture when there is a narrowing or obstruction of this duct.
It may be due to congenital, inflammatory, infectious or traumatic reasons. It can also occur due to urethral tumors, dermatological diseases or medical procedures involving the introduction of an instrument through the urethra.
If left untreated, the situation may worsen over time. As the obstruction increases, the bladder will begin to hold urine and problems such as acute urinary retention, bladder diverticula, hydronephrosis, renal failure or stones in the bladder, kidney or ureter may occur.
The symptoms of urethral stricture are very common to other diseases of the urinary tract or prostate. Therefore, to confirm the problem it is necessary to perform diagnostic tests.
This will depend on the location of the stricture, the length and the previous surgeries we have performed on the stricture. The first step is to perform an internal urethrotomy, but in many cases more aggressive surgeries will have to be performed.
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