title: Transurethral treatment of urethral diverticula in women.
abstract: Six women with urethral diverticulitis and a history of having had previous operations for diverticula were subjected to transurethral diverticulotomy with a knife electrode. Each patient had multiple diverticula, some compartmented, located in the mid or most proximal segments of the urethra. All patients have been relieved of the symptoms and infection during the postoperative period, varying from 1 1/2 to 7 years.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D004566:Electrodes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014572:Urology / Q000295:instrumentation