Implanted Stent or Long-term Catheter: This treatment might be for people with a severe stricture who don’t want surgery. A tube, called a stent, is put into the urethra to keep it open, or a ...

Background Secondary urethral stone although rare, commonly arises from the kidneys, bladder or are seen in patients with urethral stricture ... with retained urethral catheter of 4months duration.

Ureteral blockages and strictures are often treatable. But, without treatment, they can cause pain, kidney stones, urinary tract infections, kidney damage, and even kidney failure. Both your ureters ...

Furthermore, if the AKI was due to urinary retention secondary to urethral obstruction, prompt improvement would have been expected upon placement of a bladder catheter. The biphasic course of AKI ...