Ureteral blockages and strictures are often treatable. But, without treatment, they can cause pain, kidney stones, urinary tract infections, kidney damage, and even kidney failure. Both your ureters ...

It also shows how long the stricture is and where it is. Cystoscopy: This uses a thin, tubelike tool that has a lens, called a cystoscope. The tool looks inside the urethra and bladder. Treatment ...

An 84-year-old male patient suffering from a severe urethral stricture received a successful treatment using a cutting-edge technique called "drug-coated balloon urethroplasty." Performed at the ...

New report outlines long-term risks of prostate cancer treatment, highlighting potential impacts on quality of life and need ...

There are many treatment options, including medication, surgery, and newer approaches to treating the condition. Treating a ...

The risks of adverse effects and complications from treatment for prostate cancer are substantial and continue for years ...

Using Medicare claims to assess for potential treatment-related complications, they looked for urethral stricture, placement of an artificial urinary sphincter, placement of a penile prosthesis, ...

When you come to us for incontinence treatment, you can expect ... another medical condition like an obstruction in the prostate or scarring in the urethra (urethral stricture). We typically treat the ...

Lichen sclerosus of the penis can cause scarring at the glans, urethral stricture, and may be associated ... tacrolimus ointment is a safe adjuvant treatment for lichen sclerosus in boys after ...

Regarding side effects, 8% of patients experienced urinary flow issues requiring an outlet procedure, 2% had urethral stricture requiring treatment, one patient had a fistula from rectum to bladder ...

In view of the limited extent of conservative methods available to deal with urethral stricture, the too little-known (in my opinion) but still effective method of “self-hydraulic urethral ...

The long-term rates of 10 prostate cancer surgery vs radiation side effects are high, which carries implications for decision-making.