A urethral u ree thrul stricture involves scarring that narrows the tube that carries urine out of your body urethra.
What is bulbar urethra.
The membranous urethra is a short area of the urethra that extends from the proximal bulbar urethra to the distal verumontanum the verumontanum is a small mound in the urethra where the ejaculatory ducts open into and sperm enters the urethra.
Bulbar urethra stricture occurs because of trauma straddle injury instrumentation infection and lichen sclerosis.
Encased by corpus spongiosum of the penis.
Bulbar urethral stricture can occur in varying severity from light strictures with limited symptoms and some continued flow of urine to complete and acute obstructions with severe symptoms.
What is urethral stricture.
Bulbar urethra is the most common site of urethral stricture.
Usually the urethra is wide enough for urine to flow freely through it.
The bulbocavernosus muscle surrounds the bulbar urethra.
The urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder so it can be expelled from the body.
During injury the bulbar urethra is crushed against bone.
The bulbar urethra under the scrotum and perineum the area between the scrotum and anus the penile urethra along the bottom of the penis the meatus the exit at the tip of the penis strictures that happen in the last 9 to 10 of the urethra that urine passes through are called anterior strictures.
Bulbar meaning bulb shaped urethral stricture is an obstruction of urine flow through the urethra which impedes the body s ability to pass urine.
The anterior urethra is composed of the penile and bulbar urethra to the level of the urogenital diaphragm.
Stricture excision cannot be performed in the penile urethra or for long strictures of the bulbar urethra because there will be too much tension when trying to bring the two cut ends together.
In some cases there is immediately swelling and blood at.
Penile spongy pendulous urethra 16 cm long.
The posterior urethra is composed of the membranous and prostatic urethra.
These are nearly always done in a single setting or stage.
A stricture restricts the flow of urine from the bladder and can cause a variety of medical problems in the urinary tract including inflammation or infection.
Bulbar urethra is susceptible to the injury because of absence of protection.