Urethral stricture is scarring in the urethra, the tube that moves urine out of your body. The scarring blocks or narrows your urethra and makes it difficult to urinate. It can cause pain. If left ...

What prominent human rights and good governance advocate Mugambi Kiai thought was a routine medical check led to the shock discovery of a life-changing disease that has thrown him into unchartered ...

In each of four female infants in whom an extreme degree of virilization during fetal development resulted from the adrenocortical-hyperplasia syndrome the urethra extended to the tip of the phallus.

A 29-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because he did not ejaculate semen during orgasm. Eight years earlier, he had sustained a pelvic fracture, which was treated conservatively. Following ...

What do you hope it’s like for a patient to work with you? I once provided care for a young man who was nervous about undergoing a urethrogram. He was embarrassed and afraid it would be painful and ...

The following is a summary of “Retrospective analysis of urethral anastomosis with ancillary maneuvers and intraoperative biaxial defect measurements to achieve a tension-free guidance system for redo ...

A 49-year-old man presented with complaints of a urinary stream that seems to be slowing down. He started noticing this about a year ago. He has to strain to empty. A cystoscopy revealed a nearly ...

Introduction: Access represents one of the main challenges in performing posterior urethroplasty (1, 2). Several approaches and tactics have been previously described (3). This video demonstrates the ...

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1 Urology Department, the University Hospital of Libreville, Libreville, Gabon. 2 Urology Department, the Mohamed 6 University Hospital of Marrakech, Marrakech, Marocco. 3 Urological and Visceral ...

He backed up his hard drive — and his penis. A UK teen had to undergo emergency surgery after a bananas attempt to measure his manhood resulted in him getting a USB cable lodged in his urethra. The ...

The Optilume drug-coated balloon catheter system was approved in the EU in September 2020 for the treatment of patients with urethral stricture. The first European patient has been successfully ...