Barcelona retrograde urethrography: a new device and technique.
OBJECTIVE
We describe a new device and technique for retrograde urethrography without instrumentation of the male urethra.


METHODS
We performed retrograde urethrography with a vacuum uterine cannula in 160 patients. Stricture of the distal tip of the urethra and iatrogenic damage to the urethra were evaluated.


RESULTS
No patient sustained iatrogenic damage to the urethra and stricture of the distal tip of the urethra was visualized in 12 patients.


CONCLUSIONS
We recommend the use of this technique of retrograde urethrography without instrumentation to determine urethral disease when manipulation of the urethra must be avoided or is impossible due to meatal stenosis.
Sala Barangé
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Department of Radiology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona, Spain.
Schorlemmer
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Alvarez Vijande
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Carretero Gonzalez
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D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*