A stricture is a dense scar that occurs somewhere along the urethra. The urethra is the urinary channel that carries urine to the outside of the body. Strictures often cause symptoms such as poor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bartel and colleagues assigned 3 mg budesonide orally twice a day for 8 weeks to 25 patients who underwent ...

Did I read the same papal writing as The New York Times? I assume so. Yes, the Times of Jan. 25 did refer to “Benedict’s first encyclical.” But then there was the article’s headline, proclaiming that ...

STRICTURES of the human urethra are of three types: inflammatory, traumatic and congenital. The basic histology 1 common to all strictures is a proliferation of fibroblasts in the tunica propria. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using endoscopic stricturotomy to treat ileocolonic anastomotic strictures in Crohn’s disease achieved similar ...

Aug. 7, 2002 -- Routine direct vision internal urethrotomy (DVIU) is better than treating only on recurrence for urethral strictures, according to the results of a prospective, randomized trial ...

Urethral stricture is scarring in the urethra, the tube that moves urine out of your body. The scarring blocks or narrows your urethra and makes it difficult to urinate. It can cause pain. If left ...

Urethral strictures pose a significant clinical challenge, impacting millions of individuals worldwide and often requiring complex and invasive treatments. In recent years, there has been growing ...

Inflammation from Crohn’s disease can cause thickening or scar tissue inside your small intestine, which sometimes leads to narrow areas called strictures. A strictureplasty for Crohn’s disease is a ...