A urethrotomy is an operation which involves incision of the urethra, especially for relief of a stricture. It is most often performed in the outpatient setting, with the patient (usually) being discharged from the hospital or surgery center within six hours from the procedure's inception.[citation needed]
Urethrotomy (also referred to as DVIU, or Direct Visual Internal Urethrotomy) is a popular treatment for male urethral strictures. However, the performance characteristics are poor. Success is less than 9% for the first or subsequent urethrotomies. Most patients will be expected to experience failure with longer followup and the expected long-term success rate from any urethrotomy approach is 0%.[1] Beginning in 2003, several urology residency programs in the northeastern section of the United States began advocating the use of urethrotomy as initial treatment in the young stricture patient, versus urethral dilatation. It is theorized that the one-to-two years of relief from stricture disease will allow the practitioner and the patient to plan the most effective treatment regimen without having the concern that undergoing multiple dilatations cloud the judgment of the patient. Furthermore, should urethroplasty be selected by the patient, minimal scar tissue will have developed at the site of the stricture in the urethrotomy patient, as opposed to the patient who had undergone the more conventional (dilatation) route.[citation needed]
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A urethrotomy is an operation which involves incision of the urethra, especially for relief of a stricture. It is most often performed in the outpatient...
other endoscopic approaches such as direct vision internal urethrotomy (DVIU), laser urethrotomy, and self intermittent dilation are the most commonly used...
Rob S. (2012). "Long-term effect of urethral dilatation and internal urethrotomy for urethral strictures". Current Opinion in Urology. 22 (6): 467–473...
offers better outcomes in terms of recurrence rates than dilatations and urethrotomies. It is probably the only useful modality of treatment for long and complex...
subincision is a form of genital modification or mutilation consisting of a urethrotomy, in which the underside of the penis is incised and the urethra slit...
have varied and unreliable results. Other forms of treatment include urethrotomy, cryosurgery, and neurostimulation.[citation needed] Sadeghi, Zhina;...
urinary bladder to the genitals for the removal of fluids out of the body. Urethrotomy List of surgeries by type "Urethrectomy (removal of the male urethra)"...
penis Subincision – splitting of the underside of the penis, also called urethrotomy Nipple removal Nipple splitting Nullification – the voluntary removal...
caused by diphtheria and for his work with operations that included urethrotomy (surgery of the urethra). While still a student, he was part of an expedition...
integral part of the university. In 1876 he advocated that form of external urethrotomy for impermeable strictures to which his name is given (Wheelhouse's Method);...
Ureteroscopy Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Directly Visualised Internal Urethrotomy "The Kidney Man of India". Urban Melange: 4. August 2018. "Dr Priyadarshi...
first endoscopic treatments, including early endoscopically-assisted urethrotomies using his own endoscope modified from one developed in the 1850s by...
and German. On 27 August 1903, one of his patients undergoing external urethrotomy under chloroform anaesthesia developed cardiac arrest, and he performed...
various methods of removing urinary calculi, external and internal urethrotomies, the subcutaneous ligation of varicocele veins using the fisherman's...
office finished. Lizars published further criticism, in 1851, of external urethrotomy as practised by Syme. Syme retaliated with a comprehensive personal attack;...
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