title: [Treatment approach to female urethral diverticulum].
abstract: Female urethral diverticula are uncommon and are more frequent between the third and fifth decades of life. They are usually diagnosed late. Most urethral diverticula are related to recurrent infections of the periurethral glands or urethral trauma. Cystourethrography and magnetic resonance imaging are the most valuable diagnostic methods. The treatment of choice is thte resection of the diverticulum.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, UFRJ. n-smith@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Nelson Alfredo
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*