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How Can The Vein That Has Become Narrow Be Broadened ?
The Vain from which we pass urine it became narrow which I came to know after doing Urethrogram test (x-ray). So I want to ask the vain which became narrow How it will become broader again what is the permanent solution for this ???
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
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welcome to healthcaremagic.com.What you are referring to is urethral stricture.treatment depends on factors such as the site and length of your stricture, and also your age and general wellbeing.Different treatments include Dilatation of stricture,Uretherotomy(cutting the stricture) and if both donot work surgery like short stricture can be cut out and the two ends of the healthy urethra stitched together. Please consult a urologist with all your reports.
welcome to healthcaremagic.com.What you are referring to is urethral stricture.treatment depends on factors such as the site and length of your stricture, and also your age and general wellbeing.Different treatments include Dilatation of stricture,Uretherotomy(cutting the stricture) and if both donot work surgery like short stricture can be cut out and the two ends of the healthy urethra stitched together. Please consult a urologist with all your reports.
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