Visual Internal Urethrotomy in the Management of Anterior Urethral Stricture

Abstract

Objective: Urethral stricture disease is common in our environment. The aim of this study is to report our experience with visual internal urethrotomy (VIU) in the management of this disease. Patients and Methods: Seventy male patients with a mean age of 30.6 years were treated for anterior urethral stricture by VIU at the Jos University Teaching Hospital between May 2002 and April 2006. To evaluate the treatment results, we studied the following parameters: stricture etiology, outcome of urethrotomy and complications. All patients were treated as day cases. Results: The main cause of urethral stricture found in 43 (61.4%) patients was infection followed by trauma which was found in 11 (15.7%) patients. Twenty fi ve (35.7%) patients had been subjected to previous treatment, notably urethral dilatation. The strictures were bulbar in 62 (88.6%), non-obliterative in 66 (94.3%), single in 28 (40%) an