[Management of strictures of the male urethra]

Rev Med Liege. 2020 Dec;75(12):822-824.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Male urethral stricture is a well-known pathology responsible for symptomatology of an infravesical obstacle. Its management is essentially surgical. The different treatment options range from simple ambulatory dilation to urethroplasty, sometimes involving an enlargement graft.

ose de l’urètre masculin est une pathologie urologique bien connue, responsable d’une symptomatologie d’obstacle infravésical. Sa prise en charge est essentiellement chirurgicale. Les différentes options thérapeutiques vont de la simple dilatation ambulatoire, à l’urétroplastie, faisant parfois intervenir un greffon d’agrandissement.

Keywords: Dilation; Urethroplasty – Perineostomy; Uretrotomy; Urethral stricture.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urethra* / surgery
  • Urethral Stricture* / surgery
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male