WHAT IS THE URETHRAL SURGERY
The urethral surgery often is the most
effective treatment for the problems of stenosis. The male urethral pathology
is a common disease in the world today.
For a long time the urethral surgery has been considered unreliable, but
today's reality is very different. Research has improved all the techniques of
urethral surgery, and now it is possible to use the urethral surgery as a
treatment for many illnesses.
For a long time traditional methods of management of urethral strictures in
humans were dilation and internal urethrotomy. But neither of the two systems
ensured final results. The patient had risks of bleeding and infection and
treatment lasted a lifetime.
The
advent of antibiotics and surgery internal visual increase the effectiveness of
treatments against stenosis.
URETHRAL SURGERY: THE TECHNIQUES
But for many patients these techniques continue to
be methods that do not solve the problem.
The best (and sometimes only) curative
treatment of most of the urethral stricture is urethroplasty.
The results offered by urethroplasty are
the most effective. Usually this treatment solves the problem and the patient is
released from the symptoms of the stenosis.
The technique consists of the opening of
the urethra in the strictured tract and the excision of a segment that
presents the stenosis.
After the surgical procedure the patient
uses generally a urethral catheter for a few weeks.
The risks of the surgical procedure were
minimal. Generally the patient regains the ability to urinate normally without
probes or other problems by replacement urethroplasty. For the partial or
total replacement of the urethra generally used materials own body as genital
skin or buccal mucosa.
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