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Female Urethral Stricture

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Urethral stricture disease and urethroplasty in females have gained recent interest with newer urethroplasty techniques being described for various types of strictures. This chapter provides an insight into evaluation and management options for a woman with urethral stricture. Female urethral stricture remains a rare disease, and the clinical presentation overlaps with other functional causes of obstruction. The diagnosis is highly dependent on actual demonstration of a fibrotic ring on endoscopy. Results of minimally invasive options are dismal beyond one attempt. Many surgical reconstruction options are now available with good reported short-term outcomes. Given the anatomical and physiological differences between male and female urethra, female urethral stricture disease leaves a lot to be desired for improving our understanding of this disease.

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  1. Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Rishi Nayyar & Devanshu Bansal

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Bharti Uppal Nayyar

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  1. Female Urology, Reconstructive Urology and Neurovesical Dysfunction, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurugram, India

    Nikhil Khattar

  2. Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Rishi Nayyar

  3. Urology and Renal Transplantation, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad, Telangana, India

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Nayyar, R., Bansal, D., Nayyar, B.U. (2021). Female Urethral Stricture. In: Khattar, N., Nayyar, R., Panda, A. (eds) Female Bladder Outlet Obstruction and Urethral Reconstruction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8521-0_8

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