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Female Urethroplasty: A Practical Guide Emphasizing Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Female Urethral Stricture Disease
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-02-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Female urethral strictures are rare.
Guidelines on how to diagnose and treat these strictures are lacking.
At present, only expert opinion is available to guide clinical practice.
Once the diagnosis is suspected based on obstructive voiding symptoms and uroflowmetry, most clinicians will use in addition video-urodynamics (including urethrography), urethral calibration and cystourethroscopy for confirmation of the diagnosis.
Clinical inspection and gynaecological examination are also important.
Urethral dilation is usually the first-line treatment despite the lack of long-term success.
Female urethroplasty is associated with higher success rates.
A multitude of techniques are described but not one technique has shown superiority above another.
This narrative review aims to provide a clinical guide for diagnosis and treatment to the urologist motivated to perform female urethroplasty.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Waterloos, Marjan& Verla, W.. 2019. Female Urethroplasty: A Practical Guide Emphasizing Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Female Urethral Stricture Disease. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126888
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Waterloos, Marjan& Verla, W.. Female Urethroplasty: A Practical Guide Emphasizing Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Female Urethral Stricture Disease. BioMed Research International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126888
American Medical Association (AMA)
Waterloos, Marjan& Verla, W.. Female Urethroplasty: A Practical Guide Emphasizing Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Female Urethral Stricture Disease. BioMed Research International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126888
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1126888