A urethral caruncle is a small, benign vascular growth that usually occurs at the back part of the distalmost end of the urethra. Your urethra is the duct through which urine exits your body. It’s ...

The urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder so it can be expelled from the body. Usually the urethra is wide enough for urine to flow freely through it. When the urethra narrows, it can ...

A stricture is a dense scar that occurs somewhere along the urethra. The urethra is the urinary channel that carries urine to the outside of the body. Strictures often cause symptoms such as poor ...

A urethral stricture can seriously impact a man’s life. Previous treatments available had low success rate, but there are new options available to treat the condition. Dr. Jeremy B. Myers talks about ...

Male urethral strictures are common and have a significant impact on a patient's quality of life and health-care costs Studies such as retrograde urethrography, voiding cystourethrography, and ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Diagnostic indications include collection of a sterile urine specimen for culture and urinalysis (especially in a young child who ...

Optilume (Urotronic) is a drug-coated balloon indicated for treating anterior urethral strictures. The technology combines balloon dilation, to expand or widen the strictured area, with delivering an ...

What do earphones, olive seeds and a coyote rib have in common? Give up? They’ve all been removed from a human urethra. Yes, you read that right. In case you’re wondering, the human urethra is a tube ...

Lee et al, 1 comprising authors from a number of institutions, published a retrospective observational study conducted on 147 consecutive patients who underwent endoscopic enucleation of the prostate ...

Urethral caruncles are small, harmless lumps that form at the opening of the urethra. Most urethral caruncles cause no symptoms, but they can sometimes lead to pain or bleeding. Treatment usually ...