Some patients with severe urethral strictures are completely unable to urinate.
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Less common causes include congenital urethral strictures and those resulting from malignancy.
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The procedure may be performed by a doctor to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture.
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He graduated with a medical degree from the University of Guayaquil with a thesis on urethral stricture, specifically those of traumatic origin.
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A permanent urethral stent was approved for use in men with bulbar urethral strictures in 1996, but was recently removed from the market.
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Bhandari s research would substantially improve the management of urethral strictures, the narrowing of the urethra, caused by either injury or infection.
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Urethral strictures most commonly result from injury, urethral instrumentation, infection, non-infectious inflammatory conditions of the urethra, and after prior hypospadias surgery.
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A Cochrane review found that performing intermittent self-dilatation may confer a reduced risk of recurrent urethral stricture after endoscopic treatment, but the evidence is weak.
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This catheter is also of use in the treatment of urethral stricture and, as a temporary measure, in the treatment of retention of urine caused by carcinoma of the prostate.
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Urethral dilation and other endoscopic approaches such as direct vision internal urethrotomy ( DVIU ), laser urethrotomy, and self intermittent dilation are the most commonly used treatments for urethral stricture.
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