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Diseases of the Urethra

Anatomy and Physiology of the Urethra

• Anatomy of female Urethra
• Anatomy of male Urethra

Congenital Diseases of the Male Urethra

• Hypospadias of the male urethra
• Posterior urethral valves
• Congenital meatal stenosis
• Urethral atresia
• Diverticula and valves of the anterior urethra
• Posterior urethral polyp
• Megalourethra
• Urethral duplication
• Bladder exstrophy-epispadia complex

Congenital Diseases of the Female Urethra

• Bladder exstrophy

Urethral Trauma (Injury)

• Injury of the anterior urethra (straddle injury)
• Injury of the posterior urethra

Urethritis: Infectious Diseases of the Urethra

• Gonorrhea:
  • Gonorrhea: Etiology, Signs and Symptoms
  • Gonorrhea: Diagnosis and Treatment
• Non-gonococcal urethritis

Benign Diseases of the Male Urethra

• Urethral stricture

Benign Diseases of the Female Urethra

• Urethral caruncle
• Diverticula of the female urethra
• Meatal stenosis of the female urethra
• Urethral caruncle
• Urethrovaginal fistula
• Stress urinary incontinence:
  • definition and etiology
  • symptoms and diagnostic workup
  • medical and surgical treatment

Malignant Tumors of the Urethra

• Female urethral cancer
• Cancer of the male urethra

Surgical Procedures for Urethral Diseases

• Internal urethrotomy
• Urethroplasty: Exzision and Primary Anastomosis
• Single-Stage Urethroplasty with tissue transfer
• Two-Stage Urethroplasty
• Principles of hypospadias operations:
  • MAGPI hypospadias repair
  • Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty (TIP) hypospadias repair
  • Mathieu hypospadias repair
  • Duckett hypospadias repair
  • Two-stage hypospadias repair

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