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 ...

the vast majority of strictures were anterior (92.2%), with most of these occurring in the bulbar urethra (46.9%), followed by penile (30.5%), penile and bulbar (9.9%), and panurethral (4.9% ...

2.4 Current treatment options for recurrent bulbar urethral strictures include endoscopic procedures, urethral dilatation, direct visual internal urethrotomy and urethroplasty. The choice of treatment ...

The 30-year-old had struggled to wee normally for two years due to a condition known as a bulbar urethral stricture - essentially the narrowing of the urethra. The problem started after he had to ...

Updates in the 2023 amendment now include: Research on females and female urethral stricture studies. New key questions comparing sexual dysfunction outcomes in men with bulbar urethral strictures ...

The groundbreaking treatment for recurrent bulbar urethral strictures has had its five-year follow-up data from the ROBUST I study published in the Journal of Urology. This data underscores the ...

A urethral stricture is a thick scar that forms along the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body through the penis. The buildup of dense scar tissue causes the urethra ...

NICE has said that Optilume can be used in the NHS for treating recurrent bulbar urethral strictures in adults if more data is collected on how well it works in the long term. Optilume is a balloon ...