Surgery: Urethral Pathology · Urology
Surgery · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Compendio quirúrgico exhaustivo de la uretra masculina y femenina: anatomía aplicada, anomalías congénitas, estenosis, trauma, divertículos, fístulas y neoplasias, con énfasis en la lógica reconstructiva y las técnicas operatorias contemporáneas.
What it covers
- Introduction to Urethral Surgery
- Surgical Anatomy of the Urethra
- · Segments of the Male Urethra
- · Vascularization: The Determinant of Reconstructive Prognosis
- · Sphincter Mechanisms of Continence
- · Anatomy of the Female Urethra
- Diagnostic Evaluation of Urethral Pathology
- · Retrograde Urethrography (UGR)
- · Victuation Cystourethrography (VCUG)
- · Urethroscopy / Cystourethroscopy
- · Urethral Ultrasound
- · Pelvic Magnetic Resonance
- Hypospadias
- · Anatomical Classification
- · Principles of Surgical Repair
- · Complications of Hypospadias Surgery
- Epispadias and the Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex
- Posterior Urethral Valves
- · Clinical Presentation
- · Management
- Urethral Stricture: Etiology and Classification
- · Etiology
- · Classification according to Extension and Location
- Stepped Management of Urethral Stricture
- · Urethral dilation
- · Internal Endoscopic Urethrotomy (UEI)
- · Suprapubic Catheterization and Alternative Urinary Drainage
- Urethroplasty Techniques
- · Anastomotic Urethroplasty (Resection-End-Terminal Anastomosis)
- · Substitution Urethroplasty with Graft
- · Techniques According to Location
- · Post-traumatic Posterior Urethra Urethroplasty (Distraction Defect)
- Urethral Trauma
- · Previous Urethral Injury: "Straddle Injury"
- · Posterior Urethral Injury: Associated with Pelvic Fracture
- · Fundamental Principle: NO Blind Urethral Catheterization due to Suspicion
- · Acute Management: Primary Realignment vs. Cystostomy and Delayed Repair
- · Long-Term Complications of Posterior Urethral Trauma
- Female Urethral Diverticulum
- · Clinical Presentation: The "3D" Triad
- · Diagnosis
- · Surgical Management: Transvaginal Diverticulectomy
- Urethral Fistulas
- · Urethrocutaneous Fistula
- · Urethrovaginal Fistula
- Urethra Cancer
- · Risk Factors
- · Surgical Management
- Foreign Bodies, Lichen Sclerosus and Other Entities
- · Urethral Foreign Bodies
- · Urethral caruncle
- · Urethral Mucosal Prolapse
- Surgical Complications in Urethral Surgery
- · Recurrent Stenosis
- · Postoperative Erectile Dysfunction
- · Anomalous Ejaculation
- · Residual or de Novo Penile Curvature
- Surgical Decision Algorithms
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- Surgery
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
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- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02