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August 2, 2017 at 1:19 am
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It’s not urethrotomy, it’s urethrostomy. Easy to confuse, they should have named one of them differently.
The urethrostomy procedure is where they shorten the urethra and route it to the perinium, bypassing the stricture completely. The success rate in modern times is around 98%, with a much shorter recovery and no risk for erectile dysfunction or loss of bladder control.