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The discharge of fluid from the urethra, usually associated with urethritis.  

A surgical operation to repair a torn urethra. Surgical restoration of the continuity of the urethra. This may be required following laceration of the urethra. Surgical stitching or restoration of the urethra.  

A surgical operation to repair a urethra. Surgical procedure that involves plastic surgery to reposition the urethra; used to correct congenital hypospadias or epispadias. Surgical repair of a urethral stricture. The operation entails the insertion of a flap or patch of skin from the scrotum or perineum into the urethra at the site of the…

X-ray examination of the urethra, after introduction of a radio-opaque fluid, so that its outline and any narrowing or other abnormalities may be observed in X-ray photographs (urethrograms). In ascending urethrography a radio-opaque jelly is injected up the urethra using a special syringe and penile clamp. In descending urethrography (micturating cystourethrography, MCUG), X-rays of the…

An X-ray photograph of the urethra.  

A condition in which the urethra is narrowed or blocked by a growth. Abnormal narrowing of the urethra (the tube that drains urine from the bladder). The problem is common in men but rare in women. Urethral stricture usually results from injury, sometimes as a side effect of surgery on the urinary tract, or infection.…

A catheter passed up the urethra to allow urine to flow out of the bladder, used to empty the bladder before an abdominal operation.  

Referring to the urethra.  

Referring to the ureter and the vagina. Relating to a ureter and the vagina, denoting a fistula connecting them. Concerning both a ureter and the vagina.  

A surgical operation to make an incision into the ureter, mainly to remove a stone. Surgical incision into the ureter. The commonest reason for performing this is to allow removal of a stone. Surgical incision of a ureter.