Patients undergoing treatment such as a ureteroscopy for kidney, ureteric stone management, or urinary diversion is at significant risk for developing urethral stricture.

Diagnosis of Ureteric Stricture

Symptoms of urethral stricture may include pain, loin lump, flank tenderness, and urinary tract infection.Causes of ureteric stricture

IVU (intravenous urogram) or retrograde urethrogram is performed to determine the stricture’s location and severity.

Ureteroscopy

  • A laparoscopic or open injury
  • Treatment with radiation
  • Diversions of the urinary tract
  • Transplanting the rentals
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Causes of ureteric stricture

IVU (intravenous urogram) or retrograde urethrogram is performed to determine the stricture’s location and severity.

Ureteroscopy

  • A laparoscopic or open injury
  • Treatment with radiation
  • Diversions of the urinary tract
  • Transplanting the rentals
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Treatment of Ureteric Stricture

  • Balloon inflation
  • Endorectomy
  • Stent placement in the ureter
  • Open surgery / Laparoscopic repair

FQA’s

If you undergo treatment, such as a ureteroscopic kidney procedure, ureteric stone removal, or diversion of the urinary tract, you are at high risk of developing urethral stricture.

Without treatment, urethral strictures can create several serious health problems, including kidney and bladder damage, infections caused by obstructions in urine flow, and infertility in men. These problems can, however, be successfully treated.

Surgical insertion of a stent to open the narrowed section of the ureter or minimally invasive robotic surgery can treat ureters that are strangulated. It is hoped to prevent stent use over the long term and permanently fix the stricture whenever possible.

It is almost always a permanent cure. A urethroplasty involves the removal of the portion of the urethra that has the stricture and scar tissue. As an alternative to the buccal mucosal graft of tissue, new skin may be added to reshape the urethra if it is a very long stricture.