A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal Urethrotomy
Urethral stricture is a common condition that can lead to serious complications such as urinary infections and renal insufficiency secondary to urinary retention. Treatment options include catheterization, urethroplasty, endoscopic internal urethrotomy, and dilation. Optical internal urethrotomy off...
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| author | Konstantinos Stamatiou Aggeliki Papadatou Hippocrates Moschouris Ioannis Kornezos Anargiros Pavlis Georgios Christopoulos |
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| description | Urethral stricture is a common condition that can lead to serious complications such as urinary infections and renal insufficiency secondary to urinary retention. Treatment options include catheterization, urethroplasty, endoscopic internal urethrotomy, and dilation. Optical internal urethrotomy offers faster recovery, minimal scarring, and less risk of infection, although recurrence is possible. However, technical difficulties associated with poor visualization of the stenosis or of the urethral lumen may increase procedural time and substantially increase the failure rates of internal urethrotomy. In this report we describe a technique for urethral catheterization via a suprapubic, percutaneous approach through the urinary bladder in order to facilitate endoscopic internal urethrotomy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4d0895028a724664b621ae6d3e1899132025-02-03T05:58:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Urology2090-696X2090-69782014-01-01201410.1155/2014/137605137605A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal UrethrotomyKonstantinos Stamatiou0Aggeliki Papadatou1Hippocrates Moschouris2Ioannis Kornezos3Anargiros Pavlis4Georgios Christopoulos5Urology Department, Tzaneio General Hospital, Zanni & Afentouli 1 Street, 18536 Piraeus, GreeceRadiology & Interventional Radiology Department, Tzaneio General Hospital, Zanni & Afentouli 1 Street, 18536 Piraeus, GreeceRadiology & Interventional Radiology Department, Tzaneio General Hospital, Zanni & Afentouli 1 Street, 18536 Piraeus, GreeceRadiology & Interventional Radiology Department, Tzaneio General Hospital, Zanni & Afentouli 1 Street, 18536 Piraeus, GreeceRadiology & Interventional Radiology Department, Tzaneio General Hospital, Zanni & Afentouli 1 Street, 18536 Piraeus, GreeceRadiology & Interventional Radiology Department, Tzaneio General Hospital, Zanni & Afentouli 1 Street, 18536 Piraeus, GreeceUrethral stricture is a common condition that can lead to serious complications such as urinary infections and renal insufficiency secondary to urinary retention. Treatment options include catheterization, urethroplasty, endoscopic internal urethrotomy, and dilation. Optical internal urethrotomy offers faster recovery, minimal scarring, and less risk of infection, although recurrence is possible. However, technical difficulties associated with poor visualization of the stenosis or of the urethral lumen may increase procedural time and substantially increase the failure rates of internal urethrotomy. In this report we describe a technique for urethral catheterization via a suprapubic, percutaneous approach through the urinary bladder in order to facilitate endoscopic internal urethrotomy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/137605 |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos Stamatiou Aggeliki Papadatou Hippocrates Moschouris Ioannis Kornezos Anargiros Pavlis Georgios Christopoulos A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal Urethrotomy Case Reports in Urology |
| title | A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal Urethrotomy |
| title_full | A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal Urethrotomy |
| title_fullStr | A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal Urethrotomy |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal Urethrotomy |
| title_short | A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal Urethrotomy |
| title_sort | simple technique to facilitate treatment of urethral strictures with optical internal urethrotomy |
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