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A Urethral Stricture Detector for use in the Female
THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
Vol. 62, No. 6, December 1949 Printed in U.S.A.
A URETHRAL STRICTURE DETECTOR FOR USE IN THE FEMALE LAWRENCE P. THACKSTON AND NEIL C. PRICE From The Urological Institute, Orangeburg, S. C.
It has been our practice for a number of years to check thoroughly the urethra of every female who comes to us for diagnosis and treatment. We have customarily used bulb sounds for this purpose. The bulb sounds available were of the typical male length and about four or five were necessary for each case. r_ We conceived the idea that four bulbs, sizes 22, 24, 26 and 28F, could be incorporated on a short staff which would place the bulbs sufficiently far apart to
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diagnose strictures in the female urethra. This would give us one small, conveniently sterilized instrument which would be readily available and which would be thoroughly satisfactory to make this very important test. We have used the instrument (fig. 1) for several months and find it very useful. We believe that it is a worthwhile addition to the urologist's armamentarium, and we hope that with its use a great many urethral strictures which now go undetected will be diagnosed and cured. We find that a simple meatotomy done after the technique advocated by McDonald of Atlanta is curative in almost 100 per cent of the cases.
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Vol. 62, No. 6, December 1949 Printed in U.S.A.
A URETHRAL STRICTURE DETECTOR FOR USE IN THE FEMALE LAWRENCE P. THACKSTON AND NEIL C. PRICE From The Urological Institute, Orangeburg, S. C.
It has been our practice for a number of years to check thoroughly the urethra of every female who comes to us for diagnosis and treatment. We have customarily used bulb sounds for this purpose. The bulb sounds available were of the typical male length and about four or five were necessary for each case. r_ We conceived the idea that four bulbs, sizes 22, 24, 26 and 28F, could be incorporated on a short staff which would place the bulbs sufficiently far apart to
FIG. 1
diagnose strictures in the female urethra. This would give us one small, conveniently sterilized instrument which would be readily available and which would be thoroughly satisfactory to make this very important test. We have used the instrument (fig. 1) for several months and find it very useful. We believe that it is a worthwhile addition to the urologist's armamentarium, and we hope that with its use a great many urethral strictures which now go undetected will be diagnosed and cured. We find that a simple meatotomy done after the technique advocated by McDonald of Atlanta is curative in almost 100 per cent of the cases.
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