Urethral Stricture

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Which doctor treats urethral stricture?

Urethral stricture is treated by a urologist.

2. What is a Uroflow?

Uroflow measures the velocity and force of urinary stream. It is an objective measure of the degree of obstruction if any. You wil bel expected to drink some fluid and when you have the urge to pass urine, you will be asked to pass the urine in a funnel. The bottom of the funnel has the measurement machine attached to a printer. The printer gives out the graph of the flow.

3. Can urethral stricture be treated with medications?

Treatment of urethral stricture is mainly surgical. Injection of drugs like mitomycin C and triamcinolone into scar tissue has been found to reduce urethral stricture in some studies.


4. Can Lasers be used to treat strictures?

The use of laser for the treatment of urethral strictures is also being evaluated but the initial results are not encouraging.

5. What is the success rate for the endoscopic procedure to treat strictures?

The overall success is less than 50% in the long term follow up studies.

6. What is the success rate of Open Urethroplasty surgery?

The success of this procedure is over 80% in the long term. It to some extend also depends on the experience of the urologist doing the surgery.