Misconceptions of urethral stricture treatment

  Urethral stricture is a common disease in urology, mostly caused by car accidents or labor injuries, and a few caused by medical operations, and many patients still have misconceptions about its treatment: Misconception 1: lumpectomy is effective. At present, lumpectomy has a high recurrence rate because the scar cannot be adequately removed, and postoperative urethral dilatation is often required, while open surgery has a higher one-time cure rate and is the preferred method of urethral stricture treatment. Zhu Hongjian, Department of Urology, Armed Police General Hospital Myth 2: Open surgery can cause sexual dysfunction because the patient is a number of young people and therefore will have a great heart burden. However, research shows that the incidence of sexual dysfunction caused by surgery is less than 1%, similar to the incidence of normal population, so there is no need to worry at all.