ABSTRACT
The male urethra is a fibromuscular tube that extends from the bladder neck to the meatus. The common causes of urethral stricture are: Postinflammatory strictures are less common since the introduction of effective antibiotic treatment of gonorrhoea. There can be a meatal stenosis and penile urethral stricture. However, isolated bulbar urethral strictures are also seen in LS. The management of urethral strictures has changed considerably over the past 25 years. Urethral calculi can arise primarily behind a stricture or in an infected urethral diverticulum. The female urethra is around 4 cm long, extending from the bladder neck to the meatus. Abnormalities of the female urethra include: This is seen in elderly women. A female urethral diverticulum may be congenital or caused by rupture of a distended and infected paraurethral gland or by injury of the urethra during childbirth. Epididymitis is common and urethral stricture is a potential late complication.
