The annals of emergency medicine provide numerous accounts of patients who have sought treatment for the removal of sizeable foreign objects from the rectum or urethra, items which sometimes ended up ...

Urethral prolapse, also known as urethrocele, is a very rare condition most often found in prepubescent girls. The likelihood of this condition happening is about 1 out of every 5,000 girls. Urethral ...

Urethral stricture is scarring in the urethra, the tube that moves urine out of your body. The scarring blocks or narrows your urethra and makes it difficult to urinate. It can cause pain. If left ...

Radiation therapy is an essential treatment for prostate cancers. Complications from radiation are very rare, but occasionally men can develop a urethral stricture after radiation treatment. The ...

A 26-year-old man presented to clinic with a 3-day history of worsening dysuria and decreased urinary output; he had no additional systemic symptoms. He reluctantly disclosed that on the evening ...

A 22-year-old man made the world wince after revealing that a 3-inch pair of tweezers was lodged in his urethra for four years. The man, who has chosen to go unnamed, visited a clinic in Saudi Arabia ...

The urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder so it can be expelled from the body. Usually the urethra is wide enough for urine to flow freely through it. When the urethra narrows, it can ...