If you have just found out you have a urethral stricture, you will probably want to find out as much as you can about what to do about it, and what is in store. I know I did. When you go through something painful and unfamiliar, you want to find answers. You want to know […]
My Urethroplasty Is Done!
Well it’s finally done! Can I get a “hallelujah”? As I posted just before the event – I Am Having Urethroplasty Surgery Tomorrow To Fix My Urethral Stricture – I had my end-to-end urethroplasty! And the doctor (Dr. Thomas Rozanski – one of the best and most experienced in this sub-topic of urology in the […]
I Am Having Urethroplasty Surgery Tomorrow To Fix My Urethral Stricture
This is it! Six months of wearing a suprapubic catheter (see my post – What Is A Suprapubic Catheter? for more on that) has led to this. I go under the knife tomorrow to repair a urethral stricture (see my post – My Stricure Of The Urethra for what that means). I will post here […]
Buccal Mucosal Onlay Graft (BMG) To Treat Urethral Stricture
Buccal mucosal onlay graft – or “BMG” as the cool kids call it, is one version of urethrolplasty. Because I have a urethral stricture, and because the only “real” treatment (by which I mean “a treatment where the fix has a good chance of staying fixed”) is urethroplasty, I’ve been doing more than my fair […]
The Treatments For Stricture Of The Urethra
There are several possible treatments for a stricture of the urethra (a blockage), each one more gruesome than the last. It seems amazing that something as seemingly innocuous as a bit of scar tissue the size of a Tic-Tac can cause so much pain and damage, and be so difficult to repair. My urologist said that only […]