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Are you being plagued by symptoms such as pain during urination, urinary tract infections, blood in urine, and the inability to fully empty your bladder? You may have a urethral stricture, which is a narrowing of the urethra due to scarring from swelling, injury, or infection.
One of the ways in which urethral strictures can be treated is a surgery called urethrotomy. Let’s find out what happens during a urethrotomy, and how it can help you.
A urethrotomy is a surgical procedure to open up a urethral stricture, which is the narrowing of the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of your body. A urethrotomy is also called a ‘direct vision internal urethrotomy’.
The surgical procedure involves passing a urethrotome (a surgical instrument used to make an incision in the stricture) through a cystoscope (a long, thin, tube-like optical instrument with an eyepiece at one end and a lens and light at the other end) to widen the narrowed urethra. The surgeon then makes a cut in the scar tissue using the urethrotome to make the urethra wider and improve urine flow.
Among the many benefits of the surgery, a patient may experience improved urinary flow and bladder emptying, and fewer urinary tract infections (UTIs) after the surgery.
A urethrotomy is recommended when a patient is diagnosed with a urethral stricture. A urethral stricture occurs when a part of the urethra becomes narrowed due to the formation of scar tissue. This scar tissue may be formed as a result of an injury, infection, or damage to the urethra.
A urethral stricture may cause symptoms such as a decrease in urinary flow, incomplete bladder emptying, the need for a long time to empty the bladder, increased frequency of passing urine, presence of blood in the urine (a condition called hematuria), and recurrent urinary tract infections.
If the doctor suspects that you may have a urethral stricture, they will run some tests to confirm the diagnosis of the condition. The diagnostic tests may include a physical examination, a urethral X-ray, urethral ultrasound, a urethroscopy (examination of the interior of the urethra using a camera-wielding probe called a urethroscope), and a cystoscopy.
Once the diagnosis of urethral stricture is confirmed, the doctor may analyze all treatment options and recommend a urethrotomy.
The most common complications associated with a urethrotomy include:
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