Using tissue from a patient's damaged urethra, researchers can grow an entirely new section of urethra and then transplant it into the patient, according to a surgeon who employed the technique on ...

The annals of emergency medicine provide numerous accounts of patients who have sought treatment for the removal of sizeable foreign objects from the rectum or urethra, items which sometimes ended up ...

Urethral stricture is scarring in the urethra, the tube that moves urine out of your body. The scarring blocks or narrows your urethra and makes it difficult to urinate. It can cause pain. If left ...

A fistula is an abnormal hole in the bowel or the bladder. A recto-urethral fistula is a hole between the urethra (urinary channel) and the rectum. This hole leads to leakage of urine into the rectum ...

Urethral sounding is a medical procedure and sexual practice where a thin, smooth object is inserted into your urethra. Your urethra is the hollow tube that allows pee to leave your body. Sounding is ...

A man had tweezers measuring 3.1inches (8cm) removed from his urethra four years after they got stuck inside. The 22-year-old, who has not been identified, claimed he had not suffered from any pain ...

The urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder so it can be expelled from the body. Usually the urethra is wide enough for urine to flow freely through it. When the urethra narrows, it can ...