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Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research
College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin
ISSN: 1596-6941
Vol. 5, No. 2, 2006, pp. 50-54
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Bioline Code: jm06020
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2006, pp. 50-54
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The Changing Pattern of Urethral Stricture Disease in Midwestern Nigeria
Oguike, Temple C.; Onuora, Vincent C. & Obarisiagbon, Edwin
Abstract
Sixty-eight new patients with Urethral Stricture presented at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital Benin City, Nigeria between January 1994 and December 2003, an average of seven patients per year. Forty-two (61.9%) of these patients were aged between 21 and 50 years, 38 (55.9%) of the strictures were traumatic in origin and of these 23 (60.5%) were of the bulbomembranous type and resulted from fractures of the pubic bones. Eight (21.2%) of the traumatic strictures were from iatrogenic causes. Thirty-three (48.5%) of the patients presented without any of the clinical complications of urethral stricture disease. Thirty-four (50.0%) of the patients had treatments other than urethral bouginage. This picture contrasts with the situation in the past when urethral strictures were predominantly post inflammatory in origin. The patients presented more with complications, involved almost entirely bulbar or penile urethral in location and were usually treated by periodic serial dilation.
Keywords
Urethral stricture, changing patterns.
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