Urethral strictures refer to the narrowing of the urethra, which is the tube that carries urine out of the body. This condition is typically caused by scarring, which can block or narrow the urethra, ...

The Optilume device includes a balloon coated with paclitaxel. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Optilume ® Urethral Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) to treat patients with obstructive ...

Aug. 19, 2004 — The holmium laser core-through urethrotomy (HolCTU) is a safe and simple treatment for traumatic obliterative urethral strictures, according to the results of an interventional case ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Treating male urethral stricture with the patient’s own buccal mucosal cells, encapsulated in a polymer scaffold as carrier, has been granted a patent in Japan. A longer ...

Guidelines for male urethral stricture The guidelines provide a clinical framework for the diagnosis and treatment of male urethral stricture. A clinical framework to guide providers in the diagnosis ...

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 ...

HealthDay News — A new guideline by the American Urological Association, published in The Journal of Urology, provides a clinical framework for the diagnosis and treatment of male urethral stricture.

Treating male urethral stricture with the patient’s own buccal mucosal cells, encapsulated in a polymer scaffold as carrier, has been granted a patent in Japan. A longer duration of relief to patients ...

Urotronic's Drug Coated Balloon Provides Minimally-Invasive, Durable Alternative for Stricture Patients in Europe MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Urotronic, Inc., a Minnesota-based medical ...