BALTIMORE, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Urological Association (AUA) released the 2023 clinical practice guideline amendment for the diagnosis and management of urethral ...

Urethral strictures refer to the narrowing of the urethra, which is the tube that carries urine out of the body. This condition is typically caused by scarring, which can block or narrow the urethra, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - In today’s Healthy living Jatinder Kumar, M.D., a Urologist with USA Health University Urology, joined us to talk about symptoms, causes, and treatments of ‘Stricture Disease’.

Direct vision internal urethrotomy (DVIU) is commonly used to manage short urethral strictures, with reported success rates between 39% and 73%. Urethroplasty is the method of choice for longer, ...

Urethral strictures pose a significant clinical challenge, impacting millions of individuals worldwide and often requiring complex and invasive treatments. In recent years, there has been growing ...

Synchronous metastatic disease is characterized by the presence of metastatic lesions, in addition to the primary tumor, at diagnosis. Investigators in South Korea demonstrated the benefit in a ...

Optilume is a urethral balloon coated with paclitaxel (3.5 microgram/mm 2). It is indicated for managing urethral stricture disease in 'adult males'. It is designed to be used as a drug-coated ...

Although straightforward male urethral stricture disease is commonly encountered in the scope of general urologic practice, complex urethral strictures are less common and require a more systematic ...

Surat, the "diamond city" of India, witnessed a groundbreaking medical procedure recently. An 84-year-old male patient suffering from a severe urethral stricture received a successful treatment using ...

A team of surgeons in the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, led by Prof. Olayinka Shittu, has successfully performed an intricate procedure to reconstruct a urethral stricture in a ...