Urethra

• Another trend is the rising demand for reusable urethral dilators, driven by cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability considerations among healthcare providers.
• The market for urethral dilators is witnessing significant growth due to the rising prevalence of urethral strictures.
• This has led to an increased demand for urethral dilators, which are used to widen the urethra and alleviate the symptoms of urethral strictures.
• The growing adoption of minimally invasive procedures, such as urethral dilatation, is also contributing to the market opportunity for urethral dilators.

• The RenaFlex single-use flexible ureteroscope system is used to access and visualize the urinary tract to diagnose and treat urinary diseases and disorders, such as kidney stones.
• The RenaFlex ureteroscope can be used with endotherapeutic accessories to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures within the urinary tract.
• The RenaFlex Single-use Ureteroscope works in combination with the compatible CV-S1 Video System Center for flexible Single-use Endoscopes.
• Visit the urology product page for more information about the complete line of Olympus urology solutions.

• In case you’re wondering, the human urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body.
• Some people find it sexually pleasurable to insert objects – known as sounds, which are typically small glass or metal rods – or even fluid into the urethra.
• Many objects have been used for sounding, however, and that’s one of the reasons the practice is so hazardous.
• The urethra is a narrow outflow tube, usually less than 9mm wide, so squeezing objects into it isn’t usually recommended.
• Megalouretha can lead to retention of objects in the urethra or bladder from clinical examinations such as cervical screening.

Risky business

• It takes several turns to pass through the pelvic floor muscles, prostate and then, if inserted far enough, the bladder.
• Urethral damage exposes the underlying connective tissues which can cause blood in the urine, as well as erectile dysfunction and even bladder rupture.
• Trauma and damage may lead to further narrowing of the urethra in later life which may require medical intervention.

Sounds painful

• But sounding can be highly sexually gratifying for some people.
• The arousal and subsequent stimulation of the erectile tissue of the penis and clitoris usually occurs through one of two mechanisms: psychogenic (images or thoughts) or reflexogenic (touching).
• The reflexogenic pathway is served by nerves which also innervate the lining of the urethra – the dorsal nerve(s) of the penis or clitoris.

Adam Taylor does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• BALTIMORE, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the American Urological Association (AUA), wants to spread awareness and information on the six main urologic cancers.
• However, there are other urologic cancers that involve the bladder, kidneys and testicles,” said Urology Care Foundation Board of Directors member Brian McNeil, MD, MBA, FACS.
• The Urology Care Foundation believes the first part of prevention is education.
• Below are the six main urologic cancers and important resources for each:
  Bladder Cancer is the second most common type of urologic cancer.