The Effects of Hyaluronic Acid in Preventing Recurrence of Urethral Stricture after Visual Internal Urethrotomy

Abstract

Patients who have urethral strictures often present with obstructive voiding symptoms or genitourinary infections such as prostatitis and epididymitis. Some patients may present with urinary retention. For an appropriate management plan, it is important to determine the location, length, density and depth of the stricture. The length and location of the stricture can be determined with radiography, urethroscopy, and ultrasonography. The degree of spongiofibrosis is difficult to be determined objectively. Dilatation, visual internal urethrotomy, laser urethrotomy, permanent urethral stent applications and urethroplasty have been used for management of urethral strictures.